- What do you do to try new things and get better outside your normal area of expertise?
- How do you prioritise expanding your knowledge into new areas? Vs diving deeper into an area of interest?
- I see Bitcoiners as having a lot of breadth and knowledge in many areas. So really curious to see what people have to share… in being more robust.
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110 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 31 Oct 2023
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 31 Oct 2023
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I believe ensuring mind and soul readiness is key. Sometimes, it’s important to reframe my mindset. For example, I am tasked to set up an Escape Room activity as part of an end-of-year programme for my students. I can see it as a chore or I can embrace it as an opportunity to explore AI apps. You can’t learn new things if you are not psychologically prepared to absorb novelty.
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Taking on the unknown can be daunting, so that’s why people procrastinate despite their best intentions. For me, it helps to put it down on my to-do list. Having something written in black and white spurs me on to just do it so that I can cross it off the list. It’s also helpful to break down an intimidating task into small, manageable bits. That way, I focus my mind on one task at a time.
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I believe that greatness can only be achieved when you focus and prioritise on one thing. However, being ENFP, I have a fleeting interest in many things and find it hard just to focus on one. That said, I typically choose to pursue 2-3 goals at any one time. For example, the things on my radar now are learning how to teach students with dyslexia better and honing my expertise in ChatGPT and other AI tools. So, I alternate between these two goals, depending on the tasks that more urgently need my attention as well as my mood lol. To this end, I think having self-awareness is important. I have long decided that I rather be good enough at many things than be an expert at just one area. My values guide my actions accordingly.
My two sats’ worth!
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 31 Oct 2023
You need to be OK with wasting your efforts doing things you don't know how to do.
Instead of thinking "what a waste of time"
think "I tried it and I don't need to do it again"
or "What a great outcome from such a small effort".
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644 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw OP 31 Oct 2023
Definitely appreciating failure (in general), is a great one.
Many see failure or the investment of time as a big red untouchable button, but for me also it’s really important to smash that button over and over.
My struggle is wanting to tinker with too many things at once.. and spreading myself so thinly it is hard to get any depth or expertise in one area. Hence the question
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 31 Oct 2023
I like your reframing!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 2 Nov 2023
meth
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 31 Oct 2023
get rekt
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 31 Oct 2023
I think natural interest just drives me in a lot of directions. When getting in to something new I try to ask for resources that many in the community of that topic would suggest as places to start, rather than try to find the resources on my own
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