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Make feedback a habit
The best thing you can do to improve performance in your work (or sport, hobby, etc) is to create opportunities for deliberate practice AND have a strong feedback loop in place that is timely and actionable.
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How I wrote a post per week for 60+ weeks
Over a year ago, I accepted the responsibility of carrying on a weekly tradition for our team at work. It was a simple-yet-powerful tradition: pick something you learned that week, write up a post about it, and share that post every Friday. I have never missed a week since, and after 60+ posts, I’m still […]
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What I learned last week (#124): court awareness
Learned last week: understanding humans, basketball sense, noticing games, and more!
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What I learned last week (#114): who is the real you?
Learned last week: A goal should scare you, what’s an NFT, wisdom from Jim Carrey, and more!
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What I learned last week (#113): A laboratory of improvisation
How to develop skills more quickly, Google and Facebook are not free, the price of beer in your country, and more!
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Functionally illiterate
I’m “functionally illiterate” in a lot of areas. The fact that the number of things I don’t know and will never know will always tower over what I do know isn’t frightening, though but I’d be lying if I didn’t feel overwhelmed at times.
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Using a side-project to practice
Having a little side-project is a good way to continue to develop a desirable habit and stick to a regular practice of publishing work (regardless of quality)!
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Bold lines
Continuing the practice of figure drawing, focusing on faces and hands. I’ve been doing quick brush pen work from images on my iPad or on Zoom calls as one way to practice. I like these brush pens for line drawing and using a few lines to capture a shape. Proportion is less important, and some […]