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(To learn how to find the best mentor for you, click here.) What is this working on again? Why are we doing this? I think I’m having a problem with this other thing. The kids who went to the top in soccer, for example, they displayed what the scientists called “self-regulatory behavior.” It’s a 12-year-old who’s going up to their trainer and saying, “I think this drill is a little too easy. The kids that outdid their peers in the classroom and the kids that went on to become pros in a variety of sports had behavioral traits in common. They weren’t afraid to push back a little. When I spoke to David Epstein, bestselling author of The Sports Gene, he told me that those who did the best in school and those who went on to the pros in sports both questioned their teachers. You need to be respectful, sure, but you also need to be just a little bit of a pain in the ass. Now you have to be the dutiful, obedient student, right? Wrong. So you find a Yoda who is totally invested in your success. Those kinds of relationships yield outsized results in terms of future salaries and happiness. They are willing to say, “No,” and to tell you what you’re doing is wrong. In great mentorship relationships the mentor doesn’t just care about the thing that you’re learning, they care about how your life goes. When I spoke to Shane Snow, author of Smartcuts, he said your mentor needs to care about you. So what does the research show about mentors that most people get wrong? Merely finding someone to help you that is already an expert doesn’t cut it. When I spoke to Anders Ericsson, the professor who did the research behind the “10,000 hour rule” he said mentors were vital. I’m sure Kung Fu Panda had somebody but I never saw that movie. But if you’re going to be the best, you’re going to need help… Find A Mentor
(To learn the 4 rituals that produce expertise, click here.)Īre you in it to win it? Awesome. When long-term commitment combined with high levels of practice, skills skyrocketed. The long-term-commitment group, with a mere twenty minutes of weekly practice, progressed faster than the short-termers who practiced for an hour and a half. With the same amount of practice, the long-term-commitment group outperformed the short-term-commitment group by 400 percent. Committing in advance to being in it for the long haul made all the difference.Įven when practicing the same amount, those who made a long-term commitment did 400% better than the short-termers. Yeah, doing something for a long time probably correlates with being decent at it but that’s not the point.
“How long are you going to be doing this?” And this question will probably predict just how good you’ll end up being at whatever it is you’re passionate about. Let’s get to it… The #1 Predictor Of Expertise
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