The document discusses the concept of phase transitions in skills and competencies, using an analogy of freezing water to illustrate how mastery requires practice. It emphasizes that true competence, like that seen in athletes or musicians, is achieved through daily, persistent effort rather than instant gratification. Ultimately, it encourages readers to commit to consistent practice to attain their desired skills and achieve their goals.

1. Claim The World As Yours

2. I used to have this weird freezer.

3. It was at the perfect temperature for a
cool effect.

4. If I put an opened bottle of water in
there, it wouldn't freeze.

5. But as soon as I took it out, and
twisted off the cop, it would freeze in
about a second.

6. It was right at the "phase transition"
temperature of liquid to solid.

7. All it needed was a little air, and
movement, and instant ice.

8. Phase transitions happen a lot.

9. Not just in matter (gas to liquid, liquid
to solid, etc.) but in different levels of
complexity.

10. For example, when you move from the
stage of "conscious competence" to
"unconscious competence."

11. When something you've been studying
or practicing for a long time drops
down into your subconscious.

12. On a conscious level, it feels like magic.

13. This was the secret of both "Karate
Kid" movies.

14. He trained a boringly repetitive skill
until it became automatic.

15. If you've ever learned an instrument,
it's a pretty good feeling.

16. You've been practicing, with a LOT of
frustration, and then you finally "get
it."

17. You can play the piece "by heart"
without needing to think.

18. The trouble with most things we
would like to accomplish in life is they
require a certain degree of skill.

19. And those skills take practice.

20. They aren't instant.

21. Only in our world of "instant
gratification" things are often taught
AS IF we really CAN learn them
instantly.

22. Especially in the world of "self
development."

23. There are TONS of books that give you
certain "ideas" or different "frames" or
"models."

24. But unless you PRACTICE those ideas
or frames or models, it's really not that
different than reading a book on how
to play the piano, without ever really
practicing.

25. This is good news.

26. Because all it takes is a few minutes of
daily practice.

27. You won't become a super-genius
overnight, (at whatever skill you'd like)
but it WILL happen, so long as you are
persistent.

28. Unfortunately, most people are NOT
persistent.

29. They try once, maybe twice, and then
give up.

30. World class athletes and musicians
KNOW that the TRUE SECRET of
mastering ANYTHING is daily practice.

31. Not when it's convenient, or when you
feel like it.

32. But every single day.

33. Whatever skills you'd like, to create
WHATEVER you'd like ARE within your
grasp.

34. So long as you are willing to do what it
takes.

35. Ten, twenty minutes a day, and the
world is yours.

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