Tom Bilyeu

So I am the result of not 10,000 hours, not even 20,000 hours. At this point, it's gotta be 30, 40,000 hours. I used to stand in front of the mirror with a hairbrush and I wanted to be a standup comic. Like I've, I've put in the time and the energy I did speech and debate all through middle school and high school.

So it's like, what I want people to see in that is that you can put deliberate practice into any area. Now, if you can find areas where you get a disproportionate return, amazing, but if not, don't worry about it. If it's something that your goals demand, then you're going to have to learn that thing.

So it's like, what I want people to see in that is that you can put deliberate practice into any area. Now, if you can find areas where you get a disproportionate return, amazing, but if not, don't worry about it. If it's something that your goals demand, then you're going to have to learn that thing.

So it's like, what I want people to see in that is that you can put deliberate practice into any area. Now, if you can find areas where you get a disproportionate return, amazing, but if not, don't worry about it. If it's something that your goals demand, then you're going to have to learn that thing.

One, I think it is to keep you alive. The brain is going to make sure that you don't get yourself ostracized from the group. The brain isn't designed to maximize your status in the group. It is designed to keep you alive. So doing things like pushing yourself, holding yourself to a high standard, taking risks, learning from the failures, for a long time that was a high risk endeavor.

One, I think it is to keep you alive. The brain is going to make sure that you don't get yourself ostracized from the group. The brain isn't designed to maximize your status in the group. It is designed to keep you alive. So doing things like pushing yourself, holding yourself to a high standard, taking risks, learning from the failures, for a long time that was a high risk endeavor.

One, I think it is to keep you alive. The brain is going to make sure that you don't get yourself ostracized from the group. The brain isn't designed to maximize your status in the group. It is designed to keep you alive. So doing things like pushing yourself, holding yourself to a high standard, taking risks, learning from the failures, for a long time that was a high risk endeavor.

Because if you didn't understand how you fit into the group, you alienated yourself, let's say you were on a ship and they're like, yeah, forget this guy, we're leaving him on this desert island, it could quite literally mean death. Or if you were in the tribe and they kicked you out, you were getting eaten by a lion. So there's a reason. Yeah, for sure.

Because if you didn't understand how you fit into the group, you alienated yourself, let's say you were on a ship and they're like, yeah, forget this guy, we're leaving him on this desert island, it could quite literally mean death. Or if you were in the tribe and they kicked you out, you were getting eaten by a lion. So there's a reason. Yeah, for sure.

Because if you didn't understand how you fit into the group, you alienated yourself, let's say you were on a ship and they're like, yeah, forget this guy, we're leaving him on this desert island, it could quite literally mean death. Or if you were in the tribe and they kicked you out, you were getting eaten by a lion. So there's a reason. Yeah, for sure.

There's a reason from an evolutionary standpoint to have that be high stakes. But in a modern context, it becomes a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset. So Carol Dweck has a brilliant book on the subject called Mindset. And she said, with all the good intentions in the world, when you do something well, people are going to reinforce the behavior as if it were something based on an innate trait.

There's a reason from an evolutionary standpoint to have that be high stakes. But in a modern context, it becomes a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset. So Carol Dweck has a brilliant book on the subject called Mindset. And she said, with all the good intentions in the world, when you do something well, people are going to reinforce the behavior as if it were something based on an innate trait.

There's a reason from an evolutionary standpoint to have that be high stakes. But in a modern context, it becomes a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset. So Carol Dweck has a brilliant book on the subject called Mindset. And she said, with all the good intentions in the world, when you do something well, people are going to reinforce the behavior as if it were something based on an innate trait.

So if you get good grades, your parents are like, you're so smart. Look how clever you are. And the worst part is that feels amazing, but it builds in this fragility of what happens when I encounter something that I don't understand. So then you try to hide from it. You try to always do things that are easier for you. So she said, better to praise the process.

So if you get good grades, your parents are like, you're so smart. Look how clever you are. And the worst part is that feels amazing, but it builds in this fragility of what happens when I encounter something that I don't understand. So then you try to hide from it. You try to always do things that are easier for you. So she said, better to praise the process.

So if you get good grades, your parents are like, you're so smart. Look how clever you are. And the worst part is that feels amazing, but it builds in this fragility of what happens when I encounter something that I don't understand. So then you try to hide from it. You try to always do things that are easier for you. So she said, better to praise the process.

So instead of saying, hey, you're so smart, you say, wow, you must have worked really hard to get grades this good.

So instead of saying, hey, you're so smart, you say, wow, you must have worked really hard to get grades this good.

So instead of saying, hey, you're so smart, you say, wow, you must have worked really hard to get grades this good.

so it's a fundamental belief pattern around whether you're born with intelligence and talents and they are fixed or whether no no we all have some talent and intelligence but they're actually malleable and you can improve them all the problem is most of the way we grow up we're getting the wrong messages from our teachers from our parents from our environment correct