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joon • Edited

"... If you practice with your head, two hours is plenty"

"... In highly competitive fields, deliberate practice is often necessary but not sufficient for success"

"...because we literally can't find a single one(trait) that isn't influenced by our genes"

"while genetics influence performance, they do not determine performance"

Quite a rollercoaster of emotions reading through the 'basics' of deliberate practice.

Defining a proper KPI for any skill that I wish to increase my expertise in and utilizing the data to provide myself with feasible, applicable feedback such that I can focus on what to practice next seems to be the gist of it. I can see how and why this could be applicable to coding, yet it seems like a thing that I'll always have to weigh out and compare the benefits for effective time management (Defining a KPI and giving myself feedback could be heavily time-consuming since I'll probably have to write tests specifically to calculate the defined KPI)

Oh and don't expect too much because genetics plays a surprisingly large role if you're aiming for the higher-ups. 😄

But a very interesting perspective that I hadn't thought about.

Once again, thank you for sharing Sung! 👍