Today I want to talk about becoming an expert. I mean, how hard can it be? Towards this goal, I want to quote something from Dan John’s book Never Let Go from a story he told about a wrestling coach named Dan Gable. Basically Gable’s philosophy was this:
If it’s important, do it every day; if it’s not important, don’t do it at all. – Dan Gable
And while he was discussing this quote in a slightly different context (how he programs training for different movement patterns), it gave me the idea for today’s article which is about learning skills and becoming “expert” at something. Of course, I’ll be focusing on training applications in this article but, as it turns out, the ideas are general enough to apply to a lot of different areas.
What Defines an Expert?
It may surprise some readers to realize that there is actually quite a bit of research into the topic of developing expertise. … Keep Reading