How to Maximize Your Progress in a Talent Domain
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If you want to maximize how far you get in a talent domain:
- Grab all the examples & guided problem-solving experiences in the direction that you’re going.
Do that as quickly as possible, but without skipping steps.
- Once you reach the end of the road of known examples and problem-solving experiences, and ONLY then, switch over to discovery learning.
It’s much less efficient, so you save it for the end when it’s the only way to continue moving forward.
Note: This strategy assumes your direction is narrow/focused enough to actually reach the edge of the talent domain.
There is a “permastudent” failure mode where you don’t focus your direction enough to actually reach the edge.
Or you reach the edge, but then you get scared to make the leap into creative production, so you artificially widen/unfocus your direction to introduce more opportunities for fundamental skill development.
Don’t do that.
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