The importance of "normal speed" in learning
The Three Month Vacation Podcast
When you speak to somebody, do they get impatient? When you do an illustration, does it feel like the other person is waiting for ages? This is because you and I are operating at below normal speed. When we operate at below normal speed, we are reaching for information, and so we struggle quite a lot. What is normal speed, and how do you achieve that normal speed? That's what this episode is all about.
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The Monsoon Trip to Thailand (and the relaunch of The Brain Audit)- Part 1
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Almost 20 years after we launched The Brain Train, we weren't expecting anything dramatic to happen, and yet suddenly it was on a bestseller list. Not the New York Times bestseller list, but in Thailand. Here's the story, not of the book alone, but of our travel through Thailand as part of the three-month vacation.
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Why Most Storytelling Is Terrible (And Why Clutter Plays a Huge Role)
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When you think of storytelling, you just think of a sequence or what happens next, but the reality is that storytelling is a curated amount of information. Anything that is not required simply becomes clutter, and clutter destroys a story. How do you recognise this clutter? Well, there are three ways.
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How I used AI for my Article (And what it did to my writing)
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Some people are adamant that they will never use AI. However, that's a tiny, obscure minority. AI is here to stay and that means we've all dipped our toes in it. Well, I took a bath one day. I got AI to tidy up my article. What happened next? Let's find out.
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How to Sidestep Perfection—And How to Use "Quantity" to Your Advantage
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Many of us burn out simply because we live in the past. How long the past? We could go all the way to our childhood, and it's there where we learn how to go for perfection. It's this level of perfection that continues to drive us crazy for the rest of our lives. Is there a way out? Yes, there is. It's called quantity. Instead of trying to go for quality, you get to that stage of quality by working on your quantity. Doesn't that seem strange? Check out this episode and decide for yourself.
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1% Better Every Day: What Does It Even Mean?
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We hear that somehow we have to get 1% better every day. However, how do you measure this improvement? Can it be measured at all? And what does it mean?
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The Roundabout Principle: Why Self-Management Actually Works (And How to Make It Stick)
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Once a course ends, it’s often just the beginning of a journey. Think about it for a moment: you’ve finished an article writing course, and you’ve just managed to put all the pieces together. Now you need to keep going. That’s the point when the teacher leaves the room, and so does the group that held everything together. We’ve tried, tried and tried again to make this follow up work but it’s been less than successful. Then we hit upon three specific steps, and everything changed. Here are those steps.
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Why We Struggle To Acquire Skills (And How The Mindset Of The Teacher Is The Root Cause)
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Why Understanding The Faces Of Overwhelm Helps You Sidestep Frustration
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Eternal Sales Page Dilemma-How to choose the precise headline to get clients interested.
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