A friend of mine gave me this article the other day (Law of Attraction at work!) and I just googled it this morning and found it online. So I thought I'd share it with my fellow forum friends.
The Expert Mind: Scientific American
The basic Idea is that all of life is a matter of processing information. When we want to learn a new skill we have to learn it one peice at a time (pun intended
). Once we learn the basics we can start "Chunking" information into slightly larger blocks. In chess this would be like going from knowing how peices themselves move to whole openings or how to checkmate with only a king and a rook, etc.
Once you can chunk those together you start building your bank of experience and start chunking more and more things together into a single chunk. This allows for fast and rapid processing of information.
The biggest problem I have with the article? This means I have to make sure to start with the small chunks. I already knew this but it does give it alot more validity.
Actually I find the concept freeing. I don't have to worry about thinking like a grandmaster to start. I simply have to work on the small chunks I can manage and learn those well. Then as time goes on I'll naturally get more and more adept at it.
What do you guys think about the article?