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Journey 05 · Becomingbeginningbuildingexpanding

Learn a Skill

“I wish I knew how.”

You become: Someone capable

Radically practical learning. Define the capability, drill the fundamentals, build a real thing with it, then teach it to one person.

10 actions11h 40m of work🌱 Beginning🔥 Building🚀 Expanding

Understand

The 20% of fundamentals the rest depends on.

Practice

Deliberate reps with feedback, not passive consumption.

Create

A real project built with the new skill.

Evidence

You taught it to someone and they got it.

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01

Aim

  1. Understand10m

    Write the capability as a sentence you could be tested on

    Not "learn Spanish" — "hold a 10-minute conversation about my work without switching to English." Not "learn design" — "design a landing page a stranger says looks professional." Vague targets are unlearnable because you can never tell if you've arrived.

    You’ll have:A testable capability statement.

  2. Understand45m

    Find the fundamentals everything else rests on

    Ask three people who have the skill: "What do beginners spend too long on, and what should they have drilled instead?" The answers overlap fast. That overlap is your syllabus — usually five to seven things.

    You’ll have:A short list of fundamentals, from practitioners.

  3. Understand1h

    Study one fundamental properly

    One. Read or watch enough to attempt it, then stop. The trap here is comfortable input — a second course feels like progress and isn't. You need just enough to make your first bad attempt.

    You’ll have:Notes on one fundamental, in your own words.

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02

Drill

  1. Practice1h 30m

    Practise the fundamental 5 times

  2. Practice1h

    Attempt something slightly beyond you

  3. Practice30m

    Get feedback from someone better than you

  4. Practice1h 30m

    Correct, then repeat the loop

03

Prove

  1. Create4h

    Build one real project with it

  2. Create45m

    Teach it to one person

  3. Evidence30m

    Test yourself against your own statement

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