🌱 A simple idea (taken seriously)

Greetings from Austin,

I made a few connections this week that hit me like a ton of bricks. 

Let’s dive in. 

✍️ Munger Wisdom

This is one of my favorite Charlie Munger bars: 

Writing is a simple idea. 

Writing daily and being a part of two weekly writing groups in Austin… is me (starting) to take it seriously. 

Simple steps to apply for yourself:

🏆 Champion Mindset

I keep coming back to this sentence that’s been stuck in my head: 

But how does one leap from amateur to champion? 

Psychologist Anders Ericsson, a leading ‘Expert on Experts,' found the #1 difference between elite performers & amateurs: 

“Future elite performers seek out teachers and coaches and engage in supervised training, whereas amateurs rarely engage in similar types of practice.”

This research was the inspiration for the best-selling book “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. 

In essence, what we practice in private, gets rewarded in public.

But it's not enough to only practice. 

Elite performance is driven by practice AND structured feedback. 

This was the exact realization that inspired me to start the process of hiring a writing coach.  

Post here.

📖 Poetry (For dummies like me)

I love the idea of reading old poetry, but I’ll be honest… 

Sometimes (aka most times) I feel like I’m just missing it completely. (uhh what does this mean?!)

Then I found this website allpoetry which lists top poems alongside quick ai summaries. 

All this time, I thought Robert Frost was racecar driver! 

Check out the top 500 famous poems here. 

Con mucho gusto, 
Mitchell