Robert Kiyosaki is an Outlier I like books. Truth be told, I like listening to books. Why do I prefer to listen to books versus reading them? When I’m reading a book, I can only read a book. If I listen to a book, I can do this while driving, exercising, mowing the lawn, etc. After reading a few books, I can see a common thread. Finding threads is why I read. I feel like I’m synthesizing the information at a deeper level after the connection is formed in my brain. What’s an Outlier? An outlier is an observation that lies an abnormal distance from other values in a random sample from a population. Source: https://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/prc/section1/prc16.htm People like Steve Jobs, Joan of Arc, Bill Gates, Harriet Tubman, Lebron James, and Serena Williams are Outliers . Their genius can be seen through their work and the impact they made on the world. Many people think they are born this way. If you look a bit closer you will see there was a bit of luck and h
I need to take better notes. I never remember where I first hear something amazing. I try very hard to remember. Some time this works, other times it doesn’t. My solution was to take better notes. I was asked, “I'm a developer, but I only code at work, is that bad?” My response: I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing. I would say you’re just capping your growth. You are setting the maximum amount of time to learn by hands on experience to 40 hours per week (or whatever your normal work week is). I forget where I read this, but someone said it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. You’re just slowing progress to mastery if you believe the 10,000 hour rule by focusing on coding only during office hours. Source: https://www.quora.com/Im-a-developer-but-I-only-code-at-work-is-that-bad/answer/Eliot-Pearson Malcolm Gladwell, is a great writer. I’ve read a few of his books. I drew from his idea that it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. In this case, I pointed out how on