🌱 Beginner's Mindset

Celebrations of the power found in approaching life with curiosity and openness, arguing that expertise can calcify while fresh eyes see what others miss.

The First 20 Hours

by Josh Kaufman • 2013

Mastery takes a decade. Getting good enough to enjoy a skill fits into a month.

3.46

8k+

⚡ Rapid Skill Acquisition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Meta-Learning ⚙️ Habit Design 📈 Learning Curves

The First 20 Hours

Mastery takes a decade. Getting good enough to enjoy a skill fits into a month.

by Josh Kaufman 2013

3.46

8k+ ratings

⚡ Rapid Skill Acquisition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Meta-Learning ⚙️ Habit Design 📈 Learning Curves

Learn Like a Polymath

by Peter Hollins • 2017

Great at three things beats being the best at one. A method for cross-training across disciplines.

3.85

984

🧩 Integrative Learning 📚 Skill Stacking 🌺 Cross-Pollination 🧠 Mental Models 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility

Learn Like a Polymath

Great at three things beats being the best at one. A method for cross-training across disciplines.

by Peter Hollins 2017

3.85

984 ratings

🧩 Integrative Learning 📚 Skill Stacking 🌺 Cross-Pollination 🧠 Mental Models 🔄 Cognitive Flexibility

Simple Thinking

by Richard Gerver • 2016

Complexity is the friction between you and your potential. Stop adding, start subtracting.

3.51

192

🧹 Life Simplification 🧭 Leadership Mindset 🔄 Reframing Obstacles 🎯 Deep Focus 🏋️ Resilience Building

Simple Thinking

Complexity is the friction between you and your potential. Stop adding, start subtracting.

by Richard Gerver 2016

3.51

192 ratings

🧹 Life Simplification 🧭 Leadership Mindset 🔄 Reframing Obstacles 🎯 Deep Focus 🏋️ Resilience Building

The Art of Creative Thinking

by Rod Judkins • 2015

Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.

4.00

3k+

🎨 Creative Process 🖌️ Artistic Practice 🧪 Creative Experimentation 💥 Embracing Failure 🔄 Cross-Pollination

The Art of Creative Thinking

Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.

by Rod Judkins 2015

4.00

3k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Process 🖌️ Artistic Practice 🧪 Creative Experimentation 💥 Embracing Failure 🔄 Cross-Pollination

A Woman of No Importance

by Sonia Purnell • 2019

Management wisdom turning ignorance into a superpower, and why past successes are your biggest risk.

4.15

64k+

📚 Drucker Management 🔄 Self-Disruption 🏗️ Self-Efficacy 🔀 Cross-Disciplinary Thinking 🛡️ Overcoming Fear Of Failure

A Woman of No Importance

Management wisdom turning ignorance into a superpower, and why past successes are your biggest risk.

by Sonia Purnell 2019

4.15

64k+ ratings

📚 Drucker Management 🔄 Self-Disruption 🏗️ Self-Efficacy 🔀 Cross-Disciplinary Thinking 🛡️ Overcoming Fear Of Failure

Rookie Smarts

by Liz Wiseman • 2014

The less you know, the better you learn. How to keep thinking like a newcomer.

3.94

633

🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Adaptive Leadership 👋 New Managers 🌱 Mid-Career Renewal 🏢 Learning Organizations

Rookie Smarts

The less you know, the better you learn. How to keep thinking like a newcomer.

by Liz Wiseman 2014

3.94

633 ratings

🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Adaptive Leadership 👋 New Managers 🌱 Mid-Career Renewal 🏢 Learning Organizations

Force of Nature

by Laird Hamilton • 2008

What big-wave surfing reveals about fear, food, and fitness that no gym will teach you.

3.90

846

🏄 Extreme Sports 🧘 Holistic Fitness 🏄‍♂️ Surf Philosophy 😨 Fear Management 🔮 Instinct And Intuition

Force of Nature

What big-wave surfing reveals about fear, food, and fitness that no gym will teach you.

by Laird Hamilton 2008

3.90

846 ratings

🏄 Extreme Sports 🧘 Holistic Fitness 🏄‍♂️ Surf Philosophy 😨 Fear Management 🔮 Instinct And Intuition

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