I believe that you can learn from observing others, and from critically analysing their work.
Also, as someone that watched the same movie nineteen times in a row in the theatre (this was before DVDs were a thing, it was on the same day of the week, week after week) I can tell you that you cannot help but see the structure after that many viewings. When you go deep and really study something then you will learn that which others are blind to.
Yes, you can learn something but it’s a bad strategy for becoming a comedic. Being a good commedian is a lot of audience interaction. It’s a lot about having deliberte practice as a comedian in front of an audience.
It’s not obvious from outside that focusing on getting stagetime is better then spending your time alone watching footage but it happens to be the better strategy.
Without already knowing something about what it takes to become a comedian, to get a good strategy for becoming one, it might be required to go out and ask a few people with subject matter expertise about what kind of training is needed.
I would say that not identifying the most manipulatable element in a situation is the thing that most people fail at.
It’s possible for a person to spend effort into thinking what the most manipulatable element in a situation is and still fail at coming up with the correct answer.
I think most people already fail at putting in the time to seriously think about it, so the first level is to actually spend the time.
The second level is to think about how to actually get good at identifying the manipulative element.
Then the third level is to actually stop putting your effort on other elements and focusing on the most manipulative element. (that usually learns being able to say no)
Yes, you can learn something but it’s a bad strategy for becoming a comedic.
Where are all the comedians in the club when they’re not on stage? They’re not in the green room, they’re all standing up the back watching everyone else perform.
A single strategy alone is a typically a sub optimal strategy. IRL you don’t typically act out LW thought experiments with the expectation they’ll work out.
It’s a lot about having deliberte practice as a comedian in front of an audience.
There’s no substitute for practicing at whatever activity it is you’re trying to master, but it isn’t the only thing to it. People study all the time. We call that education and find it so useful that we’ve made it compulsory for minors.
It’s not obvious from outside that focusing on getting stagetime is better then spending your time alone watching footage but it happens to be the better strategy.
I would argue that “do the same thing that many others did to achieve their success” is a blatantly obvious strategy.
It’s possible for a person to spend effort into thinking what the most manipulatable element in a situation is and still fail at coming up with the correct answer.
The only way to guarantee that you don’t get an answer to a question is to never ask the question.
Then the third level is to actually stop putting your effort on other elements and focusing on the most manipulative element. (that usually learns being able to say no)
Saying no may be your weak point, that is not the case for others. The most obvious strategy in that general situation is “no, but what can you offer me to change that to a yes?”. That alters the dynamic of the negotiation in a way that can be useful. Besides, IME a hard no is never a negotiation.
The most obvious strategy in that general situation is “no, but what can you offer me to change that to a yes?”.
That’s about saying no to other people. I was more focusing on saying no to things that violate the general strategy but seem to be satisfying in the short-term.
It’s easy to have decide that eating no cake is a high leverage intervention when you want to lose weight. It’s harder to say no in any individual instance.
Yes, you can learn something but it’s a bad strategy for becoming a comedic. Being a good commedian is a lot of audience interaction. It’s a lot about having deliberte practice as a comedian in front of an audience.
It’s not obvious from outside that focusing on getting stagetime is better then spending your time alone watching footage but it happens to be the better strategy.
Without already knowing something about what it takes to become a comedian, to get a good strategy for becoming one, it might be required to go out and ask a few people with subject matter expertise about what kind of training is needed.
It’s possible for a person to spend effort into thinking what the most manipulatable element in a situation is and still fail at coming up with the correct answer.
I think most people already fail at putting in the time to seriously think about it, so the first level is to actually spend the time.
The second level is to think about how to actually get good at identifying the manipulative element.
Then the third level is to actually stop putting your effort on other elements and focusing on the most manipulative element. (that usually learns being able to say no)
Where are all the comedians in the club when they’re not on stage? They’re not in the green room, they’re all standing up the back watching everyone else perform.
A single strategy alone is a typically a sub optimal strategy. IRL you don’t typically act out LW thought experiments with the expectation they’ll work out.
There’s no substitute for practicing at whatever activity it is you’re trying to master, but it isn’t the only thing to it. People study all the time. We call that education and find it so useful that we’ve made it compulsory for minors.
I would argue that “do the same thing that many others did to achieve their success” is a blatantly obvious strategy.
The only way to guarantee that you don’t get an answer to a question is to never ask the question.
Saying no may be your weak point, that is not the case for others. The most obvious strategy in that general situation is “no, but what can you offer me to change that to a yes?”. That alters the dynamic of the negotiation in a way that can be useful. Besides, IME a hard no is never a negotiation.
That’s about saying no to other people. I was more focusing on saying no to things that violate the general strategy but seem to be satisfying in the short-term.
It’s easy to have decide that eating no cake is a high leverage intervention when you want to lose weight. It’s harder to say no in any individual instance.