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Black Hole Focus - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Every hour you spend taking purposeful action with two other focused people equals three total hours towards your 10,000-hour rule. The key is to form a tribe with people who push you outside of your comfort zone and, most importantly, have strengths and perspectives that you lack.
      - The hard truth is, you will never achieve mastery by starting at the bottom. There’s just not enough time in one life. Start increasing the quality of your hours by increasing your knowledge base. Learn everything you can about your chosen pursuit and then transform the work of others into your own.
      - During ritualization, a tiny part of your brain, called the basal ganglia, takes over a series of actions so that you no longer have to actively concentrate or make decisions. In this way, your brain conserves mental energy.
        
        Ritualization saves willpower. Ritualization is what allows you to tie your shoe or brush your teeth without thinking about it. The rituals rely on triggers, routines, and rewards.
      - Experiments at Florida State University found that the ability to successfully use willpower for self-control is dependent on physiological factors, most notably your blood glucose levels
        
        If you have a sweet tooth and are trying to lose weight, don’t keep a box of Twinkies in your house. It’s much easier to say no to a Twinkie if you never see one—out of sight, out of mind. By keeping temptations and negative influences out of sight, you take away the need to make a good decision. As a result, you save your decision-making units for deliberate hours of practice.