“What is it you do to train that is comparable to a pianist practicing scales?”

This is my fav Cowenism and I would like to hear from y’all on your answers to this

(will reply with mine in a bit)

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/07/learn-like-an-athlete-knowledge-workers-should-train.html

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After a thorough review of my own habits today, I’ve decided I’m not actually being intentional about practicing things - I’m just doing stuff. 

Will report back after a redesign 🫡

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Thanks for sharing - excited to dive in. 

Do you have a queue of stuff you’re trying to learn or just decide what to do every day?

Really interesting.  I would say coding every single day. Even on holidays. I need to build to learn so my way to deal with this is coding. One example is my journey in web3: https://paragraph.xyz/@teleyinex.eth.eth/my-first-year-in-web3

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Lab techniques like what? Super interesting framing here

Laboratory techniques are my practice and the data output reports on my performance. 

Knowledge-wise: reading papers, making connections between them, going deeper into precedent findings, etc.

Related: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/06/important-truth-hard-work-also-reading-can-find.html

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fascinating! Probably good advice for anyone as long as you're not distracting yourself with the processes.

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I think any successful pianists (or substitute in your favorite physical space atom manipulator archetype here) does "something like" practicing scales because that's how to develop the mind/muscle connection to actually perform live

Ofc not everyone performs live, but its a good proxy for async speed of execution too

Do all successful pianists practice scales consistently? Will the notion of a successful pianist change in a way that requires less practicing? Knowledge work tends to be more volatile than piano work.

That said, I think my train runs on the pursuit of enchantment.

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Oh man, so many things on a daily basis I do because of what it takes to excel in any sport

When I learned to paraglide, 1st question I had for my teacher was, what does everyone avoid doing that the best always do? He told me “learn to kite” meaning fly the wing on the ground, don’t focus on getting in the air

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ofc there's always a categorization and definitional issue, yet given the assumptions that:

1.  People CAN be better than other people at tasks (conveying their ideas, attracting audiences, etc)
2. People CAN improve at things over time through the concept of something related to the notion of practice

wdyt about it?

Interesting, although I'm not sure if it works the same way for knowlegde workers.

I'd be interested in what writers do, or other creatives. Then again what defines a succesful writer?

Also, knowlegde workers also come in all kinds. Does one churn out template websites for clients, or code new stuff?

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ooh how do you apply that outside of fitness?

Related: warming up is severely underrated and overlooked

Dude having a brain full of useful pointers is awesome

1-dimensional human answer:

always learning the latest programming language/paradigm/framework/pattern just enough to know what it offers under the hood. I’m a product person, not engineer since some years now

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this is a good list 🫡 

Any lessons learned already?

Love this framework!! 🤝 thx


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I generate ideas.
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It helps to be in constant search and to notice the little things.
That doesn't mean I put everything into action. I'm practicing so I don't miss an opportunity at the right moment.

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