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Post by Dil Bert on Jan 3, 2014 10:51:55 GMT
Whether you buy into the 10,000 hours idea or "practice makes perfect," there's clearly some benefit in doing things every day or week or month. lifehacker.com/seven-52-week-challenges-for-an-incredibly-productive-y-1491978476onegameamonth.com/jonathanmann.net/ (created one song a day) Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret: He revealed a unique calendar system he uses to pressure himself to write. Here's how it works.
He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker.
He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day. "After a few days you'll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You'll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain."
I'm currently wrapping up an iPhone app, and doing something on it most every day has been key to getting it done. So my challenge to you is, what do you want to improve, and what will you do throughout the year to make it happen? Film comedy video sketch a month? Write a page a day of a novel? Read a page a day of something in a language you are learning? Public commitments can be motivating, so post what you are going to do in this thread or your blog.
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Post by MrB on Jan 3, 2014 13:10:08 GMT
My particular thing is Arabic calligraphy. It takes years to master, so it's a very long haul that you have to take a day at a time, and make sure you never miss one. Fortunately practice is structured around repetition of lines like the ones below, which lend themselves to odd half hours wrested from the day. It's rewarding to date and keep old practice sheets, as you can see measurable improvement over days, weeks and months. But as you understand more, you also understand just much more you have yet to learn.
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Post by Dil Bert on Jan 3, 2014 16:54:48 GMT
Very impressive, MrB. That must make for a fascinating pursuit, with many facets to explore.
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Post by MrB on Jan 4, 2014 13:51:48 GMT
Very impressive, MrB. That must make for a fascinating pursuit, with many facets to explore. Definitely: I've met people I would never have met, and travelled to places I would never have seen as a result; and it's a very different sort of challenge from my day job.
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