#beyond beginner

[renaissancejosh]

Skip the Fundamentals

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” — Walt Disney

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

Walt Disney

Learning the fundamentals is an important part of mastering any skill. By building a solid foundation, you give yourself a broader vocabulary to work with. For example, learning scales, chords, and playing by ear on an instrument will open the doors…

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Who’s Good at This?

“The only source of knowledge is experience.” — Albert Einstein

“The only source of knowledge is experience.”

Albert Einstein

We are living in a golden age of information. If there’s something you want to learn, someone somewhere is sharing (or selling) how to do it.

A great place to start learning is to figure out what options you have at your fingertips.

Not all resources are at the same quality and impact. You could spend hours and hours watching…

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Beginner's Sandbox

Beginner's Sandbox (Day 849) —

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.”

Shunryu Suzuki

You don’t have to be something great to start doing it. This took me a while to figure out. I wanted to write, but I wanted to be able to write well, so I ended up not doing it at all. If perfectionism is what keeps us from finishing, then Proficiency (and lack thereof) is what keeps us…

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