@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 17 days agoWhat's a thinking tool or method that is useful and practical that you've benefitted from and can share?message-square41fedilinkarrow-up189
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•16 days 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-squareDon Pianolinkfedilink1•16 days agoUsually more of a logarithmic relationship though Either way, keeping at it is essential
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•16 days 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.
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 )
Usually more of a logarithmic relationship though
Either way, keeping at it is essential
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.