Tag: skill acquisition
5 posts tagged "skill acquisition".
The deliberate process of getting good at something new — breaking a domain into its highest-leverage components and drilling them until they stick. The blog treats it as a core form of career capital and a close cousin of deep work, the sustained focus that turns raw practice into mastery. Tim Ferriss popularised an accelerated, Pareto-driven approach — isolating the 20% of a skill that yields 80% of the results — which dovetails with the blog's interest in habits and compounding personal investment. Done well, skill acquisition widens your range of optionality, since competence is the rare asset no market crash can take away.
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Why I'm Raising my Daughter in a Language I Hardly Know How to Speak
If you think you're a decent speaker of a second language, try spending a full hour narrating a simple suburban environment to a small child.
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Specialization is For Insects
Developing broad interests and skills not only dovetails perfectly with the frugal life, but acts as a force multiplier that propels you towards your financial goals at blistering speed.
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Life of Paisa: The Cost of Living in Medellín, Colombia
When you measure cost of living against quality of life, Medellín is a bargain. Here's my report on spending six months in the city.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2019
Of all the books I read this year - curated by Deep Dish readers and other people of impeccable taste - these are the cream of the crop.
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Throw Away Your Television
TV wriggles into our heads and changes our brain function, our reward systems, our moods. Let's pluck out the parasite, and take back control of our lives.
