The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition

Stay realistic—you know yourself, and don’t compare yourself to the standards of anyone else

set a limit on how many different angles or subjects you’ll handle in a given study block—three is enough

Interleaving also strengthens memory associations.

The benefits of interleaved practice are two-fold. First, it improves the brain’s ability to discriminate between concepts

Regularly interleaving material and skills facilitates discovery of these connections and encourages us to find unexpected bridges for ultimately better retention between different skills and ideas.

Research indicates that interleaving is actually much more effective for motor learning and cognitive tasks.

Where a typical study session might look like AAA, an interleaved study session would look more like ABC.

research has indicated that it can take up to 1000 repetitions on the lower end for simpler skills and 30,000 repetitions on the higher end for more complex skills to be cemented and become second nature

Start slow, learn slow, and don’t let your impatience get the best of you.

Muscle memory sees what it sees.