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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.93,0:00:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.66,0:00:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could have chosen at 15 what to be extraordinary at,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I probably would have picked science.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.97,0:00:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like science. I was pretty good at it too but not extraordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.38,0:00:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come to believe that talent was some sort of genetic boolean.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.52,0:00:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You either have it or you don't. You're born with it or you're not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.72,0:00:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I apparently was not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.95,0:01:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 15, I had not shown a single glimmer of extraordinary talent in anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.91,0:01:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because scientist do their best work when they're young and I was already 15, I figured it was too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.41,0:01:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I pivoted it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.26,0:01:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, I tried to ferreted out my innate talent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.98,0:01:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to be a potter. I was an apprentice potter for about a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.79,0:01:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I was an apprentice artisan woodwork that was maybe for 6 months and I was like "screw this thing. I'm going to high high school
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.10,0:01:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of performing art".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.16,0:01:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After 3 years on a tenor saxophone, it was obvious that I was not cut out to be a jazz musician.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.89,0:01:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was pretty good at composing things like baroque coral music.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.24,0:01:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I put together an application for a college of musical composition for film
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.87,0:01:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before I even sent off the application, I tried out for a theater school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.75,0:02:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a week of audition, I was inexplicably accepted as a student.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.05,0:02:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a year, I could tell you with certainty that theater was not my talent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.25,0:02:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither was ballet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.48,0:02:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or fencing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.56,0:02:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or contemporary French circus.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.44,0:02:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried a lot of things and not halfheartedly either.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.94,0:02:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.04,0:02:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But whenever there's something that's really \Ndifficult, there is this voice that reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.38,0:02:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It must not be my talent because had it\Nbeen my gift, it would have come naturally.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.49,0:02:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.52,0:02:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believed in the genetic explanation of greatness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.22,0:02:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought you just have to stumble across that accidental match.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.56,0:02:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To find the lock for which you are the key
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.76,0:02:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inevitably by aiming in every possible direction at once, hoping to hit a target.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.20,0:03:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wander blindly into a low paying job where\Nthe only requirement was that you can type 80 words per minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.59,0:03:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I woke up on my 25th birthday thinking a quarter century?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.03,0:03:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a washed up evolutionary dead end in a back water dead end life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.71,0:03:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I performed a reality check and came to the \Nconclusion that even if I couldn't be an extraordinary scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.97,0:03:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can still probably become a top tier mediocre scientist.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.90,0:03:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I needed was a university degree in something scientific.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.98,0:03:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having majored in saxophone in high school, \Nthere were remedial credits involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.73,0:03:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to teach myself math and physic and chemistry
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.30,0:03:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because I knew I wasn't talented, I didn't expect it to be easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.46,0:03:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I expected it to suck.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.51,0:03:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just started at the beginning. Did one thing at \Na time, by the book, until I learn it and then I moved on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.33,0:04:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever I panicked,I remind myself that this\Nis not rocket science. This is basic math.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.21,0:04:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I don't understand it, I must have skipped a step
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.08,0:04:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I slowed down and do some research \Nand sure enough, within hours or sometimes \Ndays I be right back on track.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.52,0:04:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cheerfully slogging
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.02,0:04:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that I was balancing on a continuum \Nand that there was a sweet spot and that\Nsweet spot has nothing to do with math or physics
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.01,0:04:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it works like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.89,0:04:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're asked to perform a particular \Nsaxophone tune at 88 beats per minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.95,0:04:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fall squarely within your capability so you \Ncan perform this task effortlessly, confidently.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.05,0:04:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While you're doing so, you can think about\Nother things. for example, how to adjust your \N(tac?) based on what the drummer is doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.86,0:04:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can react to something that happen in the \Naudience without fumbling or losing your place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.76,0:05:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're asked to perform that same tune \Nat 105 beats per minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.02,0:05:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do this but it requires every bit of concentration that you can muster.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.63,0:05:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your skill level is perfectly balanced against the challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.56,0:05:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difficulty of the exercise is barely met by your ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.39,0:05:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're being stretched and being stretched is painful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.74,0:05:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remaining in that place, that painful place\Nthat stretches you, requires a monumental effort.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.92,0:05:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's exhausting. It's hard. It's not fun. It's also \Nsatisfying. Empowering. Deeply rewarding.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.29,0:05:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're asked to play that tune at 120 beats per minute, you panic. You simply can't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.75,0:06:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The challenge has no counterpart whatsoever in your skill.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.23,0:06:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You flail. Your executive function shuts down.\NYour output becomes erratic. It's terrifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.20,0:06:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This continuum is a measure of effortlessly\Nyou can perform a given task.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.21,0:06:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one end of the continuum, you have your comfort zone where you can perform effortlessly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.92,0:06:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't level up in your comfort zone \Nbecause you're doing stuff you already know how to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.29,0:06:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the other end of the continuum, you have\Nyour panic zone where you cone level up\Nbecause you're busy freaking out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.64,0:06:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between the two, there's a space where your \Nability and the challenge barely overlap.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.27,0:06:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is where you level up. I'm not saying\Nyou should never be in your comfort zone or\Nyour panic zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.82,0:06:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not at all. Your comfort zone is where complex\Nskills become reflexive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.85,0:07:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have access to higher level of thinking. \NYou should absolutely spend time there, \Nespecially when you need to be productive.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.94,0:07:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your panic zone is an excellent place to\Nexperiment. To play. To find your boundaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.96,0:07:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as long as you don't need to be \Ndelivering values, your fear can be transform \Ninto thrill and discovery.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.31,0:07:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should absolutely spend time there, \Nbut not when people are paying you money.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.19,0:07:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, you should spend time in your\Ncomfort zone and your panic zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.27,0:07:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just shouldn't try to learn stuff there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.62,0:08:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent months working through math and\Nphysic problems and during that time, I \Nlearned as much about practice as I did about \Ncalculus and mechanic.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.42,0:08:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practice is a strange beast. It's not play.\NIt's not intended to be fun
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.45,0:08:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also not work. It's not intended to produce \Nanything. Practice is thing entirely unto itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.91,0:08:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a lot of people commonly think as \Npractice is futzing around, kinda doing stuff \Nbut seem relevant to what you think you might \Nwant to kind of get better at.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.88,0:08:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sometimes kinda works.For practice to \Nbe truly effective, it need to be focus and deliberate.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.54,0:08:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most basic form of practice is the drill.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.90,0:08:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a good drill boils down to three \Nelements: focus, repetitions and continuous feedback.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.39,0:09:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A drill work in activities until you're focusing \Non a narrow slice of that skill in\Na way that's repeatable and which provide\Nimmediate and continuous feedback.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.51,0:09:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How narrow a slice depends on your capabilities
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.42,0:09:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're in your comfort zone, you need to ratchet up drilling a notch.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.94,0:09:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're in your panic zone, your adaptation\Nwill be random and accidental and \Nyou'll find yourself practicing doing it wrong \Nmore than you're practicing doing it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.73,0:09:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practice doesn't make perfect. It makes permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.58,0:09:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're practicing in your panic zone, you'll wind up being permanently wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.50,0:09:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to find that sweet spot. That space \Nwhere ability and challenge barely overlap.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.39,0:09:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, find something that you can kind of almost do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.02,0:09:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Warp it until you're focusing on a particular \Naspect of that skill.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.16,0:09:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make it repeatable so you can do it over and over and over
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.44,0:09:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it make the feedback loop as short as possible
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.91,0:10:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then go do it. \NAnd then take a nap.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.94,0:10:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all focus (inaudible) practice activities are drilled
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.09,0:10:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take simulations, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.19,0:10:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Athletes have scrimmages. In therapy it's call role play.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.22,0:10:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In programming, we do weekend projects, \Nhack fest, and code retreats.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.58,0:10:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a simulation, you improvise as though it were the real thing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.91,0:10:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you make a mistake, nobody dies.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.90,0:10:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't lose. You don't fail.\Nyou also don't stop, go back and immediately \Ndo it over again correctly because that's what \Nthrills are for.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.68,0:10:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a simulation, you keep going.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.73,0:11:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A simulation doesn't warp activities. it\Nintensify them. You provide a more \Nconcentrated learning experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.53,0:11:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by putting together implausible combinations \Nof unlikely occurrences.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.47,0:11:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another interesting type of practices is the case study.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.24,0:11:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Athletes watch videos of practice sessions and performances.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.01,0:11:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chess players study games played by grand masters and try to determine what the \Nnext move would be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.90,0:11:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then when they're wrong, they analyze why.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.97,0:11:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In programming, reading code is a case \Nstudy. What were they thinking?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.80,0:11:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What pressure cause them to choose this\Napproach? What are the trade offs?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.55,0:11:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Case studies are about observations and \Nanalysis and critical thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.90,0:11:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have direct practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.95,0:12:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those precise notes and perfect pauses of a \Nviolinist playing a concert piece while nobody's listening
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.01,0:12:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Direct practice when done deliberately and \Nwith focus hones clockwork precisions, \Nmaking it reflexive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.50,0:12:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can shift your attention away from the\Nmechanics of your performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.70,0:12:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can focus all of your creativity on the\Nsubtle details that lift your performance from \Nthe subtle and mundane to the exquisite.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.52,0:12:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And typically, we associate direct practice with musicians\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.49,0:12:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's just as much the domain of stand up \Ncomedians and trial lawyers and \Ncomplementary French circus acrobats.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.18,0:12:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's intimations. Overlooked and undervalued.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.100,0:12:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're a beginner, you don't know what you don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.75,0:12:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Intimating masters will teach you things that you don't know you need to know
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.72,0:12:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and often things that the master themselves are unable to articulate.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.91,0:13:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our culture, we tend to hide individuality\Nand creative self expressions and it's really \Nhard to be creative.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.27,0:13:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without having internalized a vast store of techniques and _____.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.50,0:13:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be a snowflake. Go copy someone who\Nknow that they're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.07,0:13:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what type of practice activity \Nyou're doing, no matter how good you are, \Npractice is grueling.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.77,0:13:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drills, simulations, case studies, direct \Npractice, imitations. These are all ways of\Nstretching you to the edge of your ability.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.14,0:13:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's equally as difficult for expert as it is beginners.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.46,0:13:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That said, practice is particularly challenging \Nwhen grossly incompetent.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.74,0:13:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so much because you suck, per se. But\Nbecause feeling stupid is so powerfully unpleasant.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.44,0:14:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the important driver behind procrastinations.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.33,0:14:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're feeling overwhelm by your own\Nineptitude, it's easy to become fatalistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.20,0:14:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another disadvantage of being a beginner is \Nthat so many practice activity lack inherent \Nfeedback.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.13,0:14:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're vastly unskilled, your judgement \Nis completely unreliable.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.66,0:14:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything, including the right thing, feels wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.74,0:14:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to consistently make the wrong \Nadjustment, leaving you with deeply ingrain \Nbad habit.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.78,0:14:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me 18 months to pass all the \Nprerequisite exams and I was ready to apply \Nto universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.25,0:14:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was accepted to two study programs. One in \Naerospace engineering and one in molecular \Nbiology.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.49,0:15:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people around me realize I was serious\Nabout this university thing, I got a bit of a push \Nback.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.28,0:15:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were like "holy crap, you're gonna be\Nlike thirty two by the time you finish".
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.98,0:15:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were gonna be realistic about it though, I\Nwas going to be thirty two anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.06,0:15:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I picked molecular biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.35,0:15:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,University was completely uneventful. I wrote \Npapers. I did lab work. I read books. I took exams.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.84,0:15:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changed my life. Not so much because of\Nthe papers and the exams, but because I was \Nlearning.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.53,0:15:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was practicing and I was introduce to the (--------)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.20,0:15:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now before university, I occasionally \Nexperienced (flow?). Mostly when solving \Ntruss problems and mechanics.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.33,0:15:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Telling the computer what to do was like truss \Nproblems except better.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.20,0:16:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept coming back to and exploring \Nprogramming. Exploring. Not learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.46,0:16:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning is what I did with math and physics. \NThat was a study, tedious, rewarding, diet, \Ndeliberate, focus practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.02,0:16:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took a really long time before I \Ntransition from exploring to learning programing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.46,0:16:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when I did make the transition, it was \Nhit or miss.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.34,0:16:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the research I found were confusing, \Noutdated or just hopelessly advanced.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.26,0:16:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After three years, I had a bachelor degree in \Nmolecular biology,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.80,0:16:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some basic ability to write control structures
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.37,0:16:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and far more importantly, I've come to accept that talent is not ebullient*
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.17,0:16:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not some innate genetic trait that you have\Nto go and look for and may or may not find
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.84,0:16:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is, talent is bullshit.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.74,0:16:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Skill can be develop systematically and \Nthe system is awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.51,0:17:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A system you can understand.\NA system you can hack.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.43,0:17:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The technical term for skill development is\Nleveling up.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.15,0:17:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, a pair of researchers, a couple of \Nbrothers by the name of Dreyfus
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.17,0:17:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created a model of how leveling up works and \Ntheir scale goes like this
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.54,0:17:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Novice, where you know nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.71,0:17:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Advanced beginner, where you still suck but\Nyou kind of see what this is about.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.14,0:17:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Competent, where you can start getting shit done.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.22,0:17:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proficient, where you get shit done really well.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.53,0:17:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And expert, where the shit you get done\Nseems like magic to pretty much everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.20,0:17:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're novices, we can be in one of two\Nstate: mindless obedience or overwhelm
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.51,0:18:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As novices, we're in the (inaudible) position of\Nbeing only millimeters away from our panic \Nzone at all times.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.84,0:18:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a rule was clear, we're stuck.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.14,0:18:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we accidentally skip a step, we're stuck.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.19,0:18:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we...I get a result that deviate even slightly\Nfrom what we expected, we're stuck.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.84,0:18:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have no frame of reference.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.71,0:18:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're advanced beginner, we see \N1,000 disconnected details and we give every\Nsingle one of those details equal consideration.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.45,0:18:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no cohesion where I'm able to\Ndistinguish between relevant and irrelevant \Nand incidental.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.11,0:18:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can look things up, but we can't troubleshoot.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.96,0:18:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're competent, we gain the ability \Nto evaluate relevance within a context.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.14,0:19:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also gain the ability to perform routine\Nprocedures and do basic troubleshooting.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.39,0:19:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, we can be productive without\Nsomething stepping outside of our comfort zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.94,0:19:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which may be why so many people stagnated\Nthis skill level indefinitely.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.39,0:19:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're proficient, we can make much \Nfiner discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.82,0:19:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can evaluate the significance of subtle indicators.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.06,0:19:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look further ahead. We make predictions.\NWe prognosticate.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.14,0:19:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We recognize underline patterns. \NWe apply overarching principles.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.87,0:19:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the intricacies of the subject matter \Ncome together in a vast and fascinating web.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.74,0:19:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're expert, you see 1,000 details and\Nimmediately disregard 999 of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.02,0:19:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We focus in on the one that matters. How do we do it? No idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.75,0:19:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know how we know, what we know. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.50,0:20:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people talk about instinct or intuition \Nas though it's some sort of super power.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.40,0:20:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not magic. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.39,0:20:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's powerful processing that happens very\Nvery quickly and it's based on a gargantuan \Nstore of knowledge and experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.50,0:20:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Described in this way, skill development\Nsounds so sequential and regular and inevitable
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.06,0:20:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leveling up in a series of climaxes win after \Nwin after win as though life was a television commercial.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.48,0:20:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a scientific model. A scientific model is \Nlike a uml diagram but for science.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.53,0:20:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a simplification about the world. It's useful\Nlie that you tell yourself in order to navigate a \Nmessy reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.34,0:21:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So maybe sequential, but regular? hardly. \NInevitable. We should be so lucky. Life is messy.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.23,0:21:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leveling happens in spurts and sudden \Nsurges and there are plateaus.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.76,0:21:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people seem to dread the plateaus.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.68,0:21:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hurrying past them as best as they can and \Nalways with their eye on the goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.91,0:21:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I there yet? Am I done yet? Am I good yet?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.26,0:21:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plateaus are neurologically important. \NThe way sleep is neurologically important.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.09,0:21:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It injects time into your practice. It allows\Ncomplex skills to become deeply embedded.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.97,0:21:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plateaus are where your skills being \Nrefactored so that you can scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.90,0:21:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're in a rush, you're going to end up with \Nbrittle and fragile skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.91,0:21:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Focus on what you're doing. \NNot how you're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.14,0:22:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a saying "immature practice until they \Nget it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.03,0:22:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professional practice until they can't get it wrong."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.95,0:22:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what plateaus are about. \NThey put the level in level up.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.27,0:22:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used my university degree exactly once. For the first programming job that I got.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.67,0:22:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The CTO of a start up looked at my resume and said
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.63,0:22:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"huh, a degree in molecular biology in biological chemistry. You must be pretty smart."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.35,0:22:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she gave me the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.44,0:22:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the combination of a lot of hard work, \Npractice and it was a start of a lot more \Nhard work and practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.19,0:22:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I wanted to be extraordinary,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.49,0:22:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what I really craved was passion and that\Ndeep sense of satisfaction that comes with \Nfocus and accomplishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.98,0:23:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mastery isn't about perfection. Skills grows by \Nfocusing intently on the things that stretch you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.36,0:23:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and passion grows by giving your attention to \Nsomething long enough to gain depth and \Nunderstand nuances.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.18,0:23:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talent is bullshit. Skill is cultivated. Passion is \Ncurated ad hacking skills is hacking passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.23,0:23:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do what you love. Do \Nsomething well enough to love what you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.38,0:23:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank You.