@cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 days agoWhat's a thinking tool or method that is useful and practical that you've benefitted from and can share?message-square42arrow-up191
arrow-up191message-squareWhat's a thinking tool or method that is useful and practical that you've benefitted from and can share?@cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 days agomessage-square42
minus-square@ter_maxima@jlai.lulinkfedilink10•5 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-square@hansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink1•5 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.
minus-squareDon Pianolinkfedilink1•5 days agoUsually more of a logarithmic relationship though Either way, keeping at it is essential
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 )
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.
Usually more of a logarithmic relationship though
Either way, keeping at it is essential