What Learning and Weightlifting Have in Common

<p>How is meaningful progress made when pursuing our endeavors?</p> <p>A counterproductive misconception about all learning is that one should work as hard as possible for endless hours.</p> <p>Intuitively, this sounds plausible and is valuable advice to those utterly inexperienced with activities like weightlifting and studying. However, for the inexperienced, the material &mdash; whether academic or literal kilograms &mdash; isn&rsquo;t weighty enough to cause any harm.</p> <p>As a medium-to-long-term strategy, attempting excessive hours of high-level work will render one&rsquo;s work no longer &ldquo;high-level.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/what-learning-and-weightlifting-have-in-common-f26a86d32b47"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>