Micromastery, Learn Small, Learn Fast, and Unlock Your Potential to Achieve Anything by Twigger, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Micromastery

What is Micromastery?

Start with the egg, not the chicken Anyone can do it Ask the experts

Inside a Micromastery

1. The entry trick 2. The rub-pat, or countervailing skill, barrier 3. Background support 4. The payoff 5. Repeatability 6. Experimental possibilities

Dynamic Learning

Confidence, center, balance Identify the effort hotspots

Locate Hidden Micromasteries (They Are Everywhere)

Rule 1: Locate the fun Rule 2: Find the tail and then the dog Rule 3: Go three-dimensional, go multisensory Rule 4: Talk to the experts What about drawing again?

Help Yourself

Your plastic brain: use it or lose it So long and thanks for the memory It’s not all about books—utilize your multisensory neurons Are there better and faster ways to learn? Micromastery enhanced by deeper looking Learning strategies are plastic too Happier and healthier Make it happen Produce or consume Boost confidence Micromastery as confidence ladder Refine and reboot your bucket list Micromastery and a flow state of mind Escape the “overcomplicated” trap

Multiple Micromastery and Synergy

Skills transfer Shift your perspective The mysteries of mastery

Polymathic Paradise

Going for a Burton Juggling genius

Creativity Explosion

Micromastery and boosted creativity Permission to be creative Lateral thinking, reverse thinking, brainstorming, and random linking Switch to “open”

Micromastery Central

1: Do a Line Sketch That Looks Creditable 2: Do an Eskimo Roll 3: Find the Depth of a Well or a Deep Hole 4: Chop Through a Log (or Even a Tree) 5: Learn How to Climb a Rope 6: Surf Standing Up 7: Talk for Fifteen Minutes about Any Subject 8: Lay a Brick Wall 9: Write Dialogue 10: Make a Clay Skull 11: Bake Excellent Artisan Bread 12: Make a Sword Hum Through the Air 13: Make String from Nettles 14: Sing Solo, Even If You Are Tone Deaf 15: Master the Bench Press 16: Learn “La Marseillaise” 17: Do a Soccer Elastico 18: Build a Superstack of Wood 19: Develop Film Using Coffee and Salt 20: Do a High-Speed Getaway J-Turn 21: Make Sushi . . . That Actually Looks and Tastes Like Sushi 22: Tell a Story That Will Enthrall Any Child 23: Immobilize Someone with an Aikido Hold 24: Juggle Four Balls 25: Master the Three-Card Trick 26: Grow a Bonsai Tree 27: Make a Perfect Soufflé Every Time 28: Make a Perfect Cube of Wood 29: Mix a Delightful Daiquiri 30: Walk the Tango Walk 31: Make Fire by Rubbing Two Sticks Together 32: Make Your Handwriting Beautiful 33: Micromaster Bargaining 34: Hone a Kitchen Knife So That It Is Razor Sharp 35: Lead a Small Group in the Wilderness 36: Learn to Read Japanese in Three Hours 37: Become a Street Photographer 38: Brew Delicious Craft Beer 39: Make Your Own Shirt

Micromaster Your Life

Permission to Be Interested

The tiger and the cage

Your Many Selves

Identify your many selves through micromastery Micromaster the harmonica Honor thy selves

Punk Micromastery Micromastery vs Global Pessimism

Success culture is pessimistic too

The BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST Picture

Glimpse your potential

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