Tag: The Discipline of Education

Applying the 80/20 Rule and 100 hours

August 4, 2023

Marietta, GA – Applying the 80/20 Rule and 100 hours

The rule of 100 states that if you spend 100 hours a year, which is 18 minutes a day – in any discipline, you’ll be better than 95% of the world, in that discipline. Anders Ericcson developed this formula of purposeful practice in a study that was published in 1976.

In addition, the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 Rule as it has come to be known, breaks down the percentages that separate the masses from the average, the gifted to the exceptional. If we want to be exceptional or elite in any given group, we should expect to be different. Act differently, on purpose.

Read something meaningful such as a good book for 18 minutes a day (Facebook or Instagram doesn’t count) and you will be in the top 5% percentile of all readers. Practice a skill for just 4 or 5 hours a day and you will rise to the top 1% of your field.

Are you willing to be exceptional? To be in the top 1% of whatever path you choose?

Thank you all for your awesome feedback and comments, I appreciate it more than you know. 

Bryan

PS. Shout out to Andy Feldman who is both a friend and colleague. His dogged determination and critical thinking inspires me to be better.

The Discipline of Education

July 16, 2020

Marietta, GA – The Discipline of Education.

We should all read Stephen Schwarzman’s (www.Blackstone.com) autobiography entitled, “What it Takes – Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence”.

A brilliant read about why hard work, constant education and being process driven is so critical to our success. Wisdom is a process that incorporates knowledge and experience.  Even when we feel that failure is insurmountable, the lessons learned during the process can be applied to future success.

Here is a quote from the book that sums up everything that I would like to say but he puts so much more eloquently than me.  Schwarzman wrote this as a high school senior to his fellow students after he was crushed when waitlisted at Harvard, and accepting his second choice, Yale.  He would later attend Harvard Business School for his MBA.

“I believe that education is a discipline. The object of this discipline is to learn how to think.  Once we have mastered this we can use it learn a vocation, appreciate art, or read a book.  Education simply enables us to appreciate the ever-changing drama fashioned of God’s own hand, life itself.  Education continues when we leave the classroom. Our associations with friends, our participation in clubs all increase our store of knowledge. In fact, we never stop learning until we die.  My fellow officers and I just hope that you will become aware of the purpose of education and follow its basic tenets, questioning and thinking, for the rest of your life.”

Stephen, I couldn’t agree with you more. Thank you for sharing your life’s experiences with us.

Bryan Eric Wilson

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