27 Tips For Mastering Anything STEP 1: FIND YOUR LIFE'S TASK Red
Bull Stratos Content Pool Many people have an intense feeling about
what they're best at. Too often, they're driven away from it by
other people. The first step is to trust yourself and aim your
career path at what's unique about you.eonardo !a "in#i didn't #ome
into his own as an artist alone, but when he followed his #hildhood
#uriosity about everything, he be#ame an advisor and e$pert in
sub%e#ts from ar#hite#ture to anatomy for his patrons. Rather than
compete in a crowe !ie"# !in a niche where $o% can ominate&
!aniel &oodman ' Business (nsider egendary neuros#ientist ".S.
Rama#handran was at on#e a restless and dissatisfied professor of
Psy#hology. )hat was supposed to be a #alling felt li*e a %ob. )hen
he began the study of phantom limbs and anomalous brain disorders,
he found +uestions about the brain and #ons#iousness that fas#inate
him to this day. Find your perfect niche, and stand out. Re'e"
a(ain)t the wron( path# an %)e that an(er a) moti*ation&
statigr.am'samturnage Mo,art was a #hild prodigy on the piano. -t a
very young age, his domineering father toured .urope with him. )hen
he dis#overed a talent for uni+ue #omposition, his father
suppressed it. (t wasn't until he re%e#ted his father entirely that
he be#ame a master.e are often attracted to the wrong things,
whether it be money, fame, or appro!al. Lo*e $o%r )%'+ect at a *er$
'a)ic "e*e"& (nstagram The things that transfi"ed you as a
child, that you found most e"citing was not a passing fancy, but a
message about what you're supposed to do. /or Marie Curie, it
waswandering into her father's laboratory and being fas#inated by
his instruments.STEP ,: FIND T-E IDEAL APPRENTI.ES-IP
www.a##eleratingfuture.#om Charles !arwin was a medio#re student.
0e s#raped by in s#hool, more interested in spe#imens than #lasses.
)hen the #han#e to %oin an e$pedition to the -meri#as #ame, he
almost didn't go. )hat he saw on that boat lead to his life's wor*,
and one of the most influential theories of all time. )e are often
raised as dependents then given over to tea#hers. #t's e"perience
and e"ploration that can transform us and lead to mastery. En(a(e
in eep o')er*ation# practice ince))ant"$# an e/periment&
statigr.am'devy11 $eep obser!ation2ou don't need to impress people.
2ou need to wat#h them. By learning the rules, you #an
dominate.%ractice, practice, practice3ur brains are set up to
master s*ills. By repeating one thing over and over again, neurons
are re#ruited, hardwired, and mirrored. That's one of the reasons
you never forget how to ride a bi*e.&"periment2ou don't *now if
you're a master until you test it. !o it before you're ready so you
a#tually learn.0a"%e "earnin( o*er mone$ )o $o%'re not a )"a*e to
e*er$one') opinion& (nstead of a more lu#rative, time #onsuming
#ommer#ial %ob, Martha &raham too* a poorly paying tea#hing %ob
that allowed her time to train and develop the innovations in dan#e
that made her as revolutionary as Pi#asso was for
painting.Training, learning, and mentorship don't come from the
highest paying, highest pressure 'obs. Those lead you down a
conser!ati!e path of pleasing others. Strategy More4 /eatures
Psy#hology S#ien#e Resear#h 27 Tips For Mastering Anything fa#eboo*
lin*edin twitter 12,1Re*ert to a !ee"in( o! in!eriorit$ in orer to
tr%"$ "earn& !avid )oo on /li#*r !aniel .verett, a gifted
linguist, was failing to learn the language of the Paraha tribe in
the -ma,on, whi#h stumped resear#hers for years. 0e failed be#ause
he approa#hed it as a linguist and Christian missionary, from a
position of superiority.(e didn't master the language until he
learned it li)e one of the %araha's children, dependent on the
tribe, and sub'ect to the same restraints, inferiority, and need
for support that they were..ntering a new pla#e or path you need to
learn as mu#h as possible as +ui#*ly as possible. ingering
pre%udi#es and feelings of superiority hamper that. En(a(e in
inten)e practice an "ean towar re)i)tance an pain& -P (mages
0all of /amer Bill Bradley was suited for bas*etball only in
height. 0e was slow, #ouldn't %ump, and had no feel for the game.
0e pra#ti#ed three or more hours after s#hool, on wee*ends, put
weights in his shoes, and taped #ardboard to the bottom of his
glasses so he #ould dribble without seeing the ball. That was %ust
the beginning of his regimen.#ntense practice with resistance can
be twice as effecti!e as what's easy. Re"$ on tria" an error more
than an$thin(& Shuttersto#* Paul &raham was always
fas#inated by #omputers. 0e eventually found that he learned by
ta#*ling problems, failing, and trying again, not by being taught.
That e$perien#e eventually lead to the #reation of 2Combinator,
whi#h gives entrepreneurs the support to dowhat he did. *ow,
apprenticeships are less li)ely to be formal. +ou ha!e to ma)e your
own based on your unique style of learning. STEP 3: A4SOR4 A
5ASTER'S PO6ER /li#*r ' ahisgett The right mentor5protege
relationship is the most effi#ient and fastest way to learn, you
fo#us on one e$#ellent sour#e of *nowledge instead of #asting about
for many. +ou can learn a masterful way of thin)ing that ta)es a
lifetime to de!elop in a fraction of the time. But the goal must
always be to surpass them. .hoo)e a mentor who wi"" inten)e"$
cha""en(e $o%& ibtimes.#om Carl 6ung worshiped /reud as a
pioneer in his field, but was ambivalent about #ertain parts of his
theory. By using him as a mentor, even though they eventually
split, he better understood where he disagreed with /reud, learned
a great deal, and sharpened his own #ore ideas and identity. The
more your mentor challenges others, the more they'll challenge you.
A')or' $o%r ma)ter') 7now"e(e comp"ete"$ an then tran)!orm it&
)i*imedia Commons &lenn &ould was his legendary tea#her
-lberto &uerrero's most promising piano student. &ould
would ta*e what &uerrero taught him and +ui#*ly move it in an
entirely different dire#tion. -t 71 he went out on his own, but
years later, ,uerrero could still see the things he taught ,ould,
totally absorbed, but utterly transformed by his genius.(t is
almost a #urse to learn form somebody brilliant8 it #an be very
intimidating. But over#ome this by absorbing everything, and then
going beyond. .reate a 'ac78an8!orth $namic with a"" o! $o%r
re"ation)hip)& fli#*r'roger9al#antra /reddie Roa#h, one of
bo$ing's most legendary trainers, found his greatest student in
future : division world #hampion Manny Pa#+uiao. 0e was Roa#h's
most intense, tea#hable student, and over time, he learned to ta*e
Roa#h's strategies and instru#tions a step beyond what he ever
#ould have alone.The best relationships are interacti!e. -earning
someone else's dogma is ne!er as effecti!e as adapting and
impro!ing it. STEP 9: 5ASTER SO.IAL INTELLI:EN.E 3ne of the biggest
barriers to be#oming a master is dealing with others. (t's far too
easy to live life as a series of battles and s*irmishes over power
that turn out to be minor. The idea that people #an be so brilliant
they don't need to deal with so#iety is a misleading one. Masters
use social intelligence to amplify their s)ills, rather than
turning others into an obstacle. Accept critici)m an aapt to power
)tr%ct%re) an )ociet$& 6effrey owy via fli#*r (gna, Semmelweis
was one of the earliest pioneers of using antisepti# te#hni+ues,
something that #ould have and sin#e has saved millions of lives. (t
was never fully adopted in his time be#ause of the high handed,
arrogant way he dealt with his superiors, and his refusal to
a#tually prove his ideas. 0e died penniless and abandoned at ;
