A Word With Marty: REPETITION

A Word With Marty: "MENTOR"

How to Live Up to Your Potential: Making the most of self-study, tutoring, classes, and on-the-job training.

Two identical twins could use the same self-improvement tools— self-study, tutoring, classes, or on-the-job training—yet one of the identical twins could improve more and more relevantly.

My Psychology Today article today describes how to make the most of each of them.

Imitation is the Sincerest Form Of Learning

Imitators are often viewed as inferior, lacking in creativity. Not so fast. Good imitators are worthy in themselves, and imitation is usually prerequisite to good creativity. Imitate the masters and that becomes suffused into your creativity. Imitation is also a good way to learn the basics. I offer examples in my Psychology Today article today.

What To Learn, Teach, or Research; A utilitarian approach

It's remarkable how irrationally we choose what to learn, teach, or research. We can be as simplistic as, “That seems interesting.” Or “My advisor is researching Indo-European linguistics so I'll study that.” Or “I fell into this job as a soda-flavoring taster so I might as well dig deeper.” 

We might more wisely choose what to learn, teach, or research based on just this single criterion: How likely will my focusing on this significantly improve my life and that of my sphere of influence?

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers a look at three diverse examples.

My Favorite Recent Tweets on Work, Procrastination, Learning, and Emotions

Since 2009, I’ve posted 5,116 tweets, which archive my best ideas. Here on Psychology Today, I periodically post the best and most relevant to this blog’s title, How to Do Life. Here’s the best of the current crop.

What If You Think You've Peaked?

Do you wonder if you've peaked? 

What to do is the topic of my PsychologyToday.com article today. HERE is the link.

A Wise Form of Self-Esteem

A reader of my website emailed me to say that he was proud that "I now realize I am smart."

Here's how I responded:

The art is in feeling you are smart while remaining open to learning from others and not showing off how smart you are.

On rereading that response to him, I thought you might find it helpful.