discipline

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? 8 Keys to Deliberate Practice.

April 6, 2010

A New Yorker (or in some versions Arthur Rubinstein) is approached in the street near Carnegie Hall, and asked, “Pardon me sir, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?” He replies, “Practice, practice, practice.” (Wikipedia) We’ve all heard the old Carnegie Hall joke (well, at least those of us above a certain age have). More [...]

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7 Secrets of a 9 Billion Dollar Industry

February 24, 2010

Want to know how to change your life, achieve pretty much anything, and make yourself rich to boot? There is a huge “self help” industry out there eager to help you do it.

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4 Simple Steps to Jump Start Your Learning Habit

October 20, 2009

Each of us is physically active, even if only in very small ways, throughout each and every day, and yet we all realize that true physical fitness usually only comes as a result of a conscious, consistent exercise habit. So it is with learning.

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7 Small “Mind Shifts” for When You Lack Discipline

September 30, 2009

One of the biggest barriers we all face when pursuing our learning goals is a lack of self-discipline. We may know where we want to go, but putting in the time and effort to get there is another thing entirely.

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Discipline

June 18, 2008

I’ve been thinking about discipline and learning a lot lately. (Feel free to pause and savor the full flavor of “learning” as a gerund.) A recent post from Andrew Sullivan in timesonline, via Nicholas Carr (who inspired Sullivan’s post), prompts me to say a few words about it today. More to come, I’m sure. Sullivan [...]

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