cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoWhat's a thinking tool or method that is useful and practical that you've benefitted from and can share?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a thinking tool or method that is useful and practical that you've benefitted from and can share?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareter_maxima@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 hours agoSkill is (almost) a linear function of time spent. Want to get better at something ? Just do it more. Learning about it can increase the factor, but it won’t actually increase skill directly. « C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron » ( It is by smithing that one becomes a smith. French proverb )
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoMany, many things are what’s called a “perishable skill.” If you don’t use the skill, or a language for that matter, it will atrophy and you will forget how to do it.
minus-squareDon Piano@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoUsually more of a logarithmic relationship though Either way, keeping at it is essential
Skill is (almost) a linear function of time spent.
Want to get better at something ? Just do it more. Learning about it can increase the factor, but it won’t actually increase skill directly.
« C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron »
( It is by smithing that one becomes a smith. French proverb )
Many, many things are what’s called a “perishable skill.” If you don’t use the skill, or a language for that matter, it will atrophy and you will forget how to do it.
Usually more of a logarithmic relationship though
Either way, keeping at it is essential