Hello friend! đ
This week we get started with some prep work before turning on the engines and cruising at full speed.
Iâll tell you about the main concept of this issue and then share some resources you can use.
Alright, letâs get into it.
Main quest đĄ
As the first quest in this journey, you might be wonderingâŚ
âWhat the hell is supercharged learning?â
You already saw it in the name of the newsletter (and youâll see it being mentioned several times later on).
So, let me break it down for you.
Itâs not just learning, like in the traditional way. And itâs not the normal âmeta-learningâ (aka learning how to learn).Â
I actually like that term because itâs more of a âtechnical termâ.Â
But thereâs a downside to it though, the connotation that it got in recent years due to the growing field of our AI overlords. (Yeah, Iâm talking about machine learning.)Â
AIs are here not only to âtake over our jobsâ but to also hijack our previously used terms apparently.
If you make a quick search in your favorite browser, youâll find results that link to sites talking about machine learning and neural networks.
(Or even sites talking about Meta (the company) learning programs? Hmm probably. Just occurred to me. Terrible rebranding btw.)
But youâd be hard pressed to find sites that instead talk about how we (as humans not machines) learn and how to do it better.Â
The Wikipedia page for that term still ranks somewhere on the 1st page. (Thank you for your service, Wikimedia foundation.)
That makes me wonder⌠âWhy are we talking about how machines learn when we should still be talking about how we learn?â
Thatâs a good discussion topic but not for this time.
So now, instead of using any of these terms loaded with different meanings⌠Iâm bringing you a fresh and new one.
Thatâs why âSupercharged Learningâ.
Because itâs not just about speed (although youâll be doing it much faster than others).
And itâs not just about learning for its own sake (unlearning is a key part of it).
And itâs not just about learning with a goal in mind (even though youâll be achieving more goals than you thought before).
Itâs about all of that and then some.
And when you combine all those concepts and related skillsâŚ
Youâll find you become like that, supercharged.
(That was the first thing that came to mind when I wrote about it. đ)
Thatâs a good intro to this concept for now.
Weâll be exploring it further so you can reconstruct your learning puzzle. Away from the myths and outdated concepts than traditional education and academia shoved into us.
Experiments đ§Ş
This week Iâm starting a âbulking experimentâ.Â
Let me give you some background context on it. Last month, I traveled to visit some relatives & friends. I stayed at my sisterâs place and used it as my base for the 3 days.Â
Since Iâve had problems in the past with eating outside in random places (food poisoning mainly) Iâve learned that intermittent fasting (IF) is a great tool that works to save your health and your money.
And so, I mostly ate in social settings along with eggs and bread by night.
This made me wonder⌠âWhat if I bump up my egg consumption while keeping everything else as it already is?â
Iâve already read and heard in the past that eggs are a very complete, natural source of nutrients and the cheapest as a bulking option.
This comes at a great timing for bulking season. Given the fact that when I looked at myself in the mirror of the outer bathroom (in my sister's place) I was shocked to see how skinny I looked. This was confirmed later on by the weight scale when I came back home.
So, Iâm keeping all the other meals the same, which already are:
Breakfast.
Mid-morning snack (sometimes).
Lunch.
Afternoon snack.
And dinner (a pretty small one).
Oh, and for added context, I normally have 2-3 eggs a day spaced throughout the morning and afternoon.
I think thatâs about it.
Am I missing something? Reply and let me know if you want to know something else or youâd like me to include anything additional to the experiment.
Power-ups â¨
One thing that has particularly powered me up is the book Iâm currently reading. â10x Is Easier Than 2xâ by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy.Â
I have to say that the intro is a little longer and harder to read than Iâm used to. But after that when it gets into the principles is where the good stuff starts coming.
I donât want to make this a big spoiler but hereâs the short version:
10x is surprisingly easier because it forces you to look for the very few things that will lead to 10x growth. Operating based on current assumptions is 2x. Doing it based on a bigger and seemingly impossible goal is 10x.
10x the quality of everything you do. Itâs easy to start lowering your standards once things donât work as expected. The thinking here is âmaybe if Iâm not too picky, Iâll get more chancesâ. Counterintuitively, the opposite is the correct approach. The majority of people play in the lower leagues and so youâll have an easier time if you raise your standards and shoot for the higher leagues.
10x embraces abundance and rejects scarcity. He talks about âneedersâ and âwantersâ. Needing is âscarcity mindsetâ having to justify what youâre taking from a scarce pool. Wanting is the opposite. Is the âcontinual expansion of cooperation among abundance-minded individualsâ. This is one of the most thorough chapters and not only dives into the concept but gives examples of how this plays out and how you can start changing your way of thinking from âneedingâ to âwantingâ.
The book is like Pareto âon steroidsâ. It has several different examples and stories of people whoâve done many 10x jumps and how that could look like for different people, not just entrepreneurs.
Highly recommended if you want to take your next 10x leap.
From the vault đď¸
Speaking of learningâŚ
This is a good primer on how to improve it.
Itâs a quick read that will give you more context on how to make progress in any area you choose without spending hours upon hours going through disjointed material.
Thatâs it for now.
Thanks for joining me in this weekâs adventure. Catch you in the next one.