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@JoharAmor writes practically to help fellow curious & creative minds grow well. Passion for Human Development = learning, creativity, performance, teams, tools

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"The Consequential" — Musk, Cleons, and How (Not) to Rewrite Yourself https://t.co/IALyakMEoY

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What’s one pattern you could lovingly debug today?
(A tiny change can save a life — maybe yours.)

https://t.co/xZxGYkPLaf

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We all have a content problem https://t.co/XTn2XLA4wO

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@Kuntalgo @readwise Thank you! 🤩 I've been wanting to return to RW, now I shall

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[Naval @naval]

Don’t make things so you can make money; make money so you can make things.

[⚡️ Ev Chapman 🚢 | Creative Entrepreneur @evielync]

There's this idea floating around that using AI means you're somehow cheating the creative process or making it too easy.

But that's NOT how I use AI at all.

When I work with AI, I'm not checking out of the creative process. I'm fully in it—throwing questions, bouncing ideas, asking for rephrasing, exploring different angles.

This is VERY different to how I used to create.

Before, I'd sit alone with my thoughts for hours, staring at a blank screen, waiting for something to happen. I'd get stuck on an idea & abandon it for days. The whole process felt isolating—just me & my stubborn brain refusing to cooperate.

Using AI doesn't have to mean stripping away the messiness of creation—it can actually enhance it.

AI isn't a shortcut that lets you skip the thinking.

It's a tool that lets you think differently—sometimes deeper, sometimes wider, sometimes just... differently.

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If you do repost, here's the first part of this thread:
https://t.co/FaHxGCfZ0c

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The Learning Mistake of Comfort

True learning is rare.

Even if you seek depth—in books, podcasts, long-form content—the key problem remains: passivity.

It feels productive but that's not how learning works.

What I’ve learned as a private teacher about avoiding this:
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9️⃣ The Takeaway

You CAN quickly gain long-term learnings.
They just come experience first, theory second.

The only bottleneck to rapid learning is:
How "effortful" & immersed you can be.

Embrace the struggle, and find the fun in it.

And happy deep learning 🫶

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🔥 What’s something you only truly understood after struggling with it first?

Drop your stories below 👇

If you found this helpful, please share to help others learn better, too! ❤️

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@Lucio00oo Thank you Lucio, glad it helps!

It can be quite challenging to "find that wrestle" in order to get learnings to stick, since we're usually not taught that anywhere, but you've got this! 💪

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8️⃣ Last: The IKEA Effect 🏗️

We value more things we built ourselves.

Same with learning:
• If you piece it together yourself, it sticks
• If it’s handed to you too easily, it fades

Make learning something you have a beautiful relationship with ❤️

Not something you consume.

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6️⃣ How to Flip the Script

✅ Create challenge first:
• Do more in each step of a tutorial
• Improvise before ear training
• Explain a concept

✅ Learn proactively AND reactively:
• Learn only/mainly as needed, not arbitrarily
• Fill your life with cool "needs" to learn for

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7️⃣ The Sweet Spot: Just Hard Enough

As we know from much psych & Flow literature:
👉 If it's too easy, it’s boring
If it’s too hard, you shut down 👈

Instead of "leaving the comfort zone",
You must aim for the “hard-but-not-impossible” zone.

This sustains a healthy hunger 🤤

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5️⃣ Why Modern Learning Misses the Point

Most learning today is designed backward:
1. Here’s a concept (theory first)
2. Now apply it (only if you want to / because we say so)

This ignores the wiring that made us humans in the first place!

We got here in evolution via struggle.

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4️⃣ The Illusion of Knowledge

Passive intake, on the other hand, creates a false sense of mastery.

You read a book on negotiations → feel like you know it → try it in real life → You may still:
- freeze
- forget
- confuse

All because you didn't let your 🧠 FIRST fail IRL.

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3️⃣ Example: Learning an Instrument 🎹

I've learnt to let students struggle with e.g. a rhythm before giving them the breakdown.

It always creates deeper (and quicker!) understanding.
They FEEL the gaps before we fill them.

That short struggle creates a +ve neurological need.

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2️⃣ Struggle First, Theory Later

Your brain absorbs knowledge best when it has an open loop—an unresolved question.

You struggle → hit a roadblock → crave an answer → it all clicks

Without that friction, any theory is just words.

That's why being hands-on is so essential.

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The Learning Mistake of Comfort

True learning is rare.

Even if you seek depth—in books, podcasts, long-form content—the key problem remains: passivity.

It feels productive but that's not how learning works.

What I’ve learned as a private teacher about avoiding this:
🧵👇

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1️⃣ The Comfort Trap

There are certainly great use cases to consuming information passively, such as linguistics & activating subconscious processing.

However, we must be careful thinking all knowledge will stick.

It usually won’t—without having wrestled with the problem first.