ADULT IMPROVEMENT TIP #4: MICROSKILLS. EVERY skill can be broken into mutually exclusive microskills. Learn much more quickly by identifying the microskills and develop training to study each specific skill. EXAMPLES: (1/x) #adimp
Investing is not a "skill" but a collection of Microskills. Value investing, growth, arbitrage, options, real estate, bonds, business fundamentals, money management and psychology, crypto, deal structure, market history, etc. (2/x) #adimp
Writing is not a "skill" but a collection of Microskills: plot, characters, point of view (1st, 2nd, 3rd, epistolary, 3rd omniscient, etc), language, the beats of each genre, non-fiction , narrative non-fiction, etc (3/x). #adimp
Chess microskills: tactics, analysis, openings, middlegames, endgames, open vs closed games, pawn structures, attack, etc.
Comedy microskills: humor, joke writing, crowd work, stage work, likeability, absurdism, improv, timing, tribe building, etc. (4/x) #adimp
Comedy microskills: humor, joke writing, crowd work, stage work, likeability, absurdism, improv, timing, tribe building, etc. (4/x) #adimp
Business microskills: Vision, Execution, Sales, Negotiation, Motivation, raising money, exiting, followup, networking, deal structure, industry knowledge, etc (5/x), #adimp
To quickly get to the top 1% of any interest, regardless of your age or experience: identify the microskills, develop a training program for each skill, find your "plus, minus, equals" for each microskill (see tip #1). See tomorrow for next #adimp tip.
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