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From Chess to Marketing everything has patterns
90% of successful marketers are experts at pattern recognition
Pattern recognition is SIMPLE but not EASY
Here's how you can develop pattern recognition skills
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90% of successful marketers are experts at pattern recognition
Pattern recognition is SIMPLE but not EASY
Here's how you can develop pattern recognition skills
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1. Put in your 10,000 hours
Acc. to Malcolm Gladwell, reach the stage where pattern recognition has become second nature
It requires 10,000 hours of practice
Put in 10,000 hours, you'll see patterns in sleep
Acc. to Malcolm Gladwell, reach the stage where pattern recognition has become second nature
It requires 10,000 hours of practice
Put in 10,000 hours, you'll see patterns in sleep
2. Study nature, art, and math
Patterns occur mostly in nature, art & math
Like the Fibonacci Sequence, the circuits of the planets, the tides, and the seasons
The greatest tutor in pattern recognition is around you
Patterns occur mostly in nature, art & math
Like the Fibonacci Sequence, the circuits of the planets, the tides, and the seasons
The greatest tutor in pattern recognition is around you
3. Find a left-brain hobby
I like to study different startups.
Great startups are all about pattern recognition
For you it might be doing crosswords, coding, or Sudoko – it doesn’t matter,
You'll soon be rewarded for the discovery of patterns.
I like to study different startups.
Great startups are all about pattern recognition
For you it might be doing crosswords, coding, or Sudoko – it doesn’t matter,
You'll soon be rewarded for the discovery of patterns.
4. Don’t read (much) in your own discipline
The patterns of the land are most plainly seen from 30,000 feet
It’s the same with your industry/niche.
Cultivate the mindset and perspective of an outsider.
You’ll see more, understand more, know more
The patterns of the land are most plainly seen from 30,000 feet
It’s the same with your industry/niche.
Cultivate the mindset and perspective of an outsider.
You’ll see more, understand more, know more
5. Watch for shadows
Patterns are seen not in the decisions you make, but in the shadows they cast.
You know you have the makings of a pattern when two or more very different decisions cast a similar shadow.
Different actions, same shadow = Pattern
Patterns are seen not in the decisions you make, but in the shadows they cast.
You know you have the makings of a pattern when two or more very different decisions cast a similar shadow.
Different actions, same shadow = Pattern
6. Do not get too involved
Perspective is essential for spotting the big patterns
It’s difficult to spot patterns when you’re too involved
Try to step back and look at the bigger picture
Learn to see things backward, inside out, and upside down
Perspective is essential for spotting the big patterns
It’s difficult to spot patterns when you’re too involved
Try to step back and look at the bigger picture
Learn to see things backward, inside out, and upside down
7. Consistency
Chess is the game of pattern recognition
Chess masters put in hours of rigorous practice developing pattern recognition
The way you practice is similarly important
Practice just outside your comfort zone & learn from experts
Chess is the game of pattern recognition
Chess masters put in hours of rigorous practice developing pattern recognition
The way you practice is similarly important
Practice just outside your comfort zone & learn from experts
8. Study your decisions
The decision is a conscious choice between two or more alternatives
(i) How do the choices get created?
(ii) Do we sometimes make decisions without being aware that we are making them?
Pattern recognition plays a role in how we answer both questions
The decision is a conscious choice between two or more alternatives
(i) How do the choices get created?
(ii) Do we sometimes make decisions without being aware that we are making them?
Pattern recognition plays a role in how we answer both questions
9. Study Situations
The same situation occurs many times in our lives
Document every major situation
Observe what you did previously
Soon you'll see a pattern
The same situation occurs many times in our lives
Document every major situation
Observe what you did previously
Soon you'll see a pattern
10. Document every BIG decision
Document your thoughts while taking the decision
Define all the reasons you had for making that decision
Soon you'll find patterns in your thought process
Document your thoughts while taking the decision
Define all the reasons you had for making that decision
Soon you'll find patterns in your thought process
TL;DR
1. Put in your 10,000 hours
2. Study nature, art, and math
3. Find a left-brain hobby
4. Don’t read (much) in your own discipline
5. Watch for shadows
6. Do not get too involved
7. Consistency
8. Study your decisions
9. Study Situations
10. Document every BIG decision
1. Put in your 10,000 hours
2. Study nature, art, and math
3. Find a left-brain hobby
4. Don’t read (much) in your own discipline
5. Watch for shadows
6. Do not get too involved
7. Consistency
8. Study your decisions
9. Study Situations
10. Document every BIG decision
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