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The core question that we should all be asking ourselves as card-carrying members of a rapidly evolving, advance knowledge economy is this:
What should I learn next?
Our answer to this question is one of the key drivers of our long-term success, because what we can do in the future is determined by what we learn today.
One of the reasons this question is so difficult to answer is because the choices are literally endless. Should we take a course on machine learning or AI or data science? Read a book on design or creativity? Work on our productivity and strategic thinking? Should we rush to brush up on blockchain, or improve our sales and marketing, or focus on viral social media strategies, or maybe learn a second language?
The answer is also complex because the universe of what we have time to learn pales in comparison to all of the knowledge that is out there. It’s like trying to fit a human through the eye of a needle. So, we have to make difficult choices. We have to say no to things that would be awesome to learn.
While many people espouse what skills are most important for the future, no one espouses a framework or mental model for deciding what to learn.
That’s what this Mastery Manual is for. The Multiplier Skills Mental Model gives you a formula for choosing what learning hurdle to conquer next. By the end of this manual, you’ll have a handy checklist to use as a roadmap on your path of lifelong learning. Let’s dive in.
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Connecting your brain with other people’s in the right way is multiplicative, not additive. Using network science research, learn how to filter who to build deep relationships with and how to rapidly build deep relationships built on mutual growth.
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Research shows that when we teach what we learn, we learn faster. This is known as the Explanation Effect and it even applies when we teach concepts to ourselves by journaling, mind mapping, or talking out loud.
When you have a good mental model that gives you a way of doing the research efficiently, one focused hour of effort can yield gems. The Knowledge Mining model shows how to do research that brings us more growth and more profit.
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When it comes to being a world-class entrepreneur or scientist, being a polymath might actually be the rule rather than the exception. Learn how to enjoy the benefits of being a polymath while avoiding the disadvantages.
A digital garden is a public repository where you share your sawdust. In this manual, we’ll take a deeper look into digital gardens and do a step-by-step walkthrough of one of the apps that make them possible.
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What should you learn next? One of the reasons this question is so difficult to answer is because the choices are literally endless. The Multiplier Skills Mental Model gives you a formula for choosing what learning hurdle to conquer next.
The Subtraction Learning Method is the mental model Success By Subtraction applied to learning. It’s one of the most useful mental models but, as it often happens, it can be challenging to apply it. That’s why we did a series of 3 classes to help you practice this method and we organized a 7-day learning challenge that you can now do on your own.
The most important skill anybody can learn is the ability to learn rare and useful skills on-demand. Across warfare, AI, learning sciences, business, philosophy and animal intelligence, there is almost the same exact loop. I call this the Learning Loop mental model, and it is the fundamental learning process of the universe.
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Selling Your Sawdust is the process of turning the by-products of your learning process that you’d normally throw away (which, in my experience, is over 90% of notes) into products that can be valuable to other people.
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The ultimate sign of mastery is being world-class in what you do automatically. This model will help you understand how to go from conscious competence to unconscious competence to leverage the power of intuition.
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We live in an age of opportunity shock—too many opportunities, too little time. This model helps you decide what to do when there’s a new opportunity that could potentially be huge but you’re busy and you don’t want to waste time pursuing a flop.
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When it comes to mastering a skill, it’s more practical to think 100 hours, not 10,000. By picking the right micro-skills and stacking them, you can reach mastery 100x faster and continue building success upon success.
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We’re discussing reinventing learning itself. What does it really mean to learn and to reinvent learning in our lives?