10 Ways to Be a Peak Performer
1. Avoid the Myth of Talent
He had three daughters. The Polgar sisters.
They were world-class chess players. Two became world champions.
But they weren’t born with talent. Talent is a dangerous myth with the power to decrease motivation.
The Polgar sisters trained.
Don’t let the myth of talent trap you
Become compelling instead.
2. Avoid the Myth of "Older People Can't Improve"
They’re wrong.'
Whenever you start something you start at zero.
Because you can’t do it… yet.
3. Have Goals. But only for Today. Each day
How do you change your life? I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what works for me.
Practice. Improve 1% a day.
Practicing something you love takes away the pain.
And time passes.
You'll disappoint yourself if you try to have goals for a year from now. Predictions dont' come true.
But with practice every day, progress will be true.
4. +, -, =
5. Doing > Studying > Thinking
6. But....still study the history of whatever you want to get better at.
7. Figure out the microskills of what you want to get better at.
With chess, you have to know the openings, the middlegame, the endgame, tactics, etc
8. The 100 Experiment Rule
An experiment is:
A) is cheap to do
B) has little downside and massive upside
C) fails a lot
But every experiment you do expands the frontier of your knowledge.
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