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The one valuable key I have found to becoming better at your craft is to improve your identity. I have been studying accelerated learning for many, many years.
by DamagedProperty 15y ago
The one valuable key I have found to becoming better at your craft is to improve your identity. I have been studying accelerated learning for many, many years. How we identify with what we are doing has a dramatic impact on our performance and ability to learn. Identity is one of those strong beliefs we hold about ourselves and our capabilities.
Writing code is the best and only way to improve. But as everyone is aware this does not guarantee you become a better programmer. Over time I think everyone does to some extent but some become better quicker. What is the difference? I believe it is what we believe we can do.
I have taught many people how to play guitar. I always start by teaching them the basics and looking for my opportunity to convince them that they are now a ‘guitarist’. Because they will never continue and fall in love with it until they can find some way to identify with it.
- Isamu 15y agoAny good books or pointers on accelerated learning you would like to share?
- invalidOrTaken 15y agoNormally I'd just upvote Isamu for the "me too!" effect, but because that doesn't show anymore...I'm also curious.
- DamagedProperty 15y agoI have found a lot of books on the subject but most rightly titled books seemed to have only tips and tricks. Some are really good but don't really hit the sweet spot for me. This book is good but and example of what I am talking about. http://www.amazon.com/Accelerated-Learning-21st-Century-Master-Mind/dp/0440507790/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303931295&sr=1-2-spell http://www.amazon.com/Accelerated-Learning-21st-Century-Mast... But the ones I have had the most success with are the Neuro Linguistic Programming books by John Grinder and Richard Bandler. http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Magic-Vol-Language-Therapy/dp/0831400447/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1303931060&sr=8-6 http://www.amazon.com/Structure-Magic-Vol-Language-Therapy/d... http://www.amazon.com/Frogs-into-Princes-Linguistic-Programming/dp/B000H2REWS/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1303931060&sr=8-10 http://www.amazon.com/Frogs-into-Princes-Linguistic-Programm... http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Hypnotic-Techniques-Milton-Erickson/dp/1555520537/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1303931060&sr=8-16 http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Hypnotic-Techniques-Milton-Er... http://www.amazon.com/Insiders-Guide-Sub-Modalities/dp/0916990222/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1303931060&sr=8-15 http://www.amazon.com/Insiders-Guide-Sub-Modalities/dp/09169... http://www.amazon.com/Turtles-All-Way-Down-Prerequisites/dp/1555520227/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303931181&sr=8-2 http://www.amazon.com/Turtles-All-Way-Down-Prerequisites/dp/... Also this is great for learning how to digest technical and college books. http://www.amazon.com/What-Smart-Students-Know-Learning/dp/0517880857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303931228&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/What-Smart-Students-Know-Learning/dp/0... These are NOT affiliate links
- DamagedProperty 15y agoI looked through my library and found a couple more that are really great for accelerated learning. Sleep thinking: http://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Thinking-Revolutionary-Problems-Creativity/dp/1580624456/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304419302&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Thinking-Revolutionary-Problems-... The Einstien Factor by Win Wenger and Richard Poe. (Couldn't find the book on Amazon)
- civilian 15y agoYes! At some point my identity shifted to be "software developer" and then I stubbornly worked hard at making it a reality.