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Michael Simmons on Chaos to Creation Confessions: Are you majoring in the right type of knowledge?
Michael Simmons is a Writer and a writing teacher whose writing has been read tens of millions of times in publications like Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and TIME. Michael co-founded his first business, Princeton WebSolutions (PWS), when he was sixteen years old. PWS was later rated the #1 youth-run web development company in the nation by Youngbiz Magazine.
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SHOW NOTES
The idea of soul market fit - I try to write about things such that even if they were never published, I would still be really happy because I enjoyed the process of writing.
Mental Model Club - 1 model per month to: avoid overwhelm, provide models in the best order, and allow reader to combine models to produce an exponential result.
Are you applying only 1% of the 80/20 rule?
The two types of knowledge, and how one diminishes over time, whereas the other compounds... Which type of knowledge are you majoring in?
I'm going to be learning several hours per day, for the rest of my life, I want to build a base of stable knowledge that I could apply anywhere in my life.
I tracked my triggers, logged them so I could see patterns...
On Learning How To Learn: Expert learning versus platform learning
Look for patterns
How do you make that a deliberate process? How do you know what you want to learn next? How do you know what you want to deliver next?
Learn to value earning - think of it as compound interest: a function of how much time you put in, and your learning rate.
Find out how Michael uses his "double time", what the "learning loop" is all about, what FUNRUC means, and how to get faster through experimentation.
Four steps for learning how to learn: 1. take in information and data, 2. algorithm and processing, 3. experimentation and action, 4. feedback.
One of the ways to get this rare skill set is to focus on reading books and articles that no one else is reading in your field.
No great author ever said that the key to being a great novelist is typing faster.
There's a really big difference between learning something from a world class expert and somebody who's good.
How he uses the "sell your sawdust" model to be prolific on social media.
And one of the mental models that I've coined is the explanation effect, that one of the best ways to learn something is to teach it to others.
The leverage you can get from being really good at the skill of creating content, understanding virality and having rare and valuable ideas is really high.
Check out Michael's gorgeous colour-coded bookshelves... I have bookshelf envy!
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By Debbie JenkinsMichael Simmons is a Writer and a writing teacher whose writing has been read tens of millions of times in publications like Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, and TIME. Michael co-founded his first business, Princeton WebSolutions (PWS), when he was sixteen years old. PWS was later rated the #1 youth-run web development company in the nation by Youngbiz Magazine.
More on Chaosification.com
SHOW NOTES
The idea of soul market fit - I try to write about things such that even if they were never published, I would still be really happy because I enjoyed the process of writing.
Mental Model Club - 1 model per month to: avoid overwhelm, provide models in the best order, and allow reader to combine models to produce an exponential result.
Are you applying only 1% of the 80/20 rule?
The two types of knowledge, and how one diminishes over time, whereas the other compounds... Which type of knowledge are you majoring in?
I'm going to be learning several hours per day, for the rest of my life, I want to build a base of stable knowledge that I could apply anywhere in my life.
I tracked my triggers, logged them so I could see patterns...
On Learning How To Learn: Expert learning versus platform learning
Look for patterns
How do you make that a deliberate process? How do you know what you want to learn next? How do you know what you want to deliver next?
Learn to value earning - think of it as compound interest: a function of how much time you put in, and your learning rate.
Find out how Michael uses his "double time", what the "learning loop" is all about, what FUNRUC means, and how to get faster through experimentation.
Four steps for learning how to learn: 1. take in information and data, 2. algorithm and processing, 3. experimentation and action, 4. feedback.
One of the ways to get this rare skill set is to focus on reading books and articles that no one else is reading in your field.
No great author ever said that the key to being a great novelist is typing faster.
There's a really big difference between learning something from a world class expert and somebody who's good.
How he uses the "sell your sawdust" model to be prolific on social media.
And one of the mental models that I've coined is the explanation effect, that one of the best ways to learn something is to teach it to others.
The leverage you can get from being really good at the skill of creating content, understanding virality and having rare and valuable ideas is really high.
Check out Michael's gorgeous colour-coded bookshelves... I have bookshelf envy!