In November of 2012 I decided to join professional network/entrepreneurial brain trust.
The rationale was simple, successful people don’t succeed on their own.
There are two parts to the program:
- Monthly interviews with a wide array of brilliant people, masters and advisors that have helped countless people with productivity, health, psychology, and more
- Membership to an exclusive community of ambitious professionals to hold you accountable, encourage you, and help you live a Rich Life
I read as much (or more) than anyone I know, but reading is a time consuming endeavor.
This brain trust provides access to knowledge, wisdom and proven strategies that top performers use to…
- Get more done
- Stay focused
- Earn more money
Below is a video preview and my notes from Josh Kaufman discussing, among other things, how to learn any skill rapidly:
On the Path from a Curator to an Expert:
- Digest a ton of information and identify trends
- Isolate core principles
- Explain to people what you know in a way they understand
- Bring (interject) part of yourself
- Share your journey, perspective and vulnerability
On Skill Acquisition:
20 hours is the critical threshold of practice
- Deconstruction: Break down the skill
- What equipment? What micro skills? (Consider Tim Ferriss’ DiSSS method)
- Learn just enough theory to (self) skill correct
- Less research, more practice
- Remove practice barriers
- Practice, not research, for 20 hours
On Systematizing Your Life:
- Do it once. Do your best. Document it. Systematize it.
- If you spend more than 5 hours/week on something, you should create a system
- A system is a repeatable process with repeatable results
- Awareness and flexibility to tweak processes and get results
- Makes it easier to diagnose problems
- Example: Hiring a housekeeper
- Washing dishes = X amount of time (repeatable), but what if we used that time to write a blog post? (lasts forever)
On Decision-Making:
What do you want? Be specific about what you want your day-to-day life to look like.
Additional Resources:
- “Mark Forster’s Autofocus System
- “A Guide to the Good Life” by William Irvine
If you’re tired of waiting for “some day” to take your life to the next level you can check out the Brain Trust here.
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