Cedric Chin

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Cedric Chin

Word slinger, bug fixer, and operator.

Consume What You Can Do Action Sheet

Action sheet for consuming what you can do, and not more.

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Reading Quickly is Reading a Lot Action Sheet

Action sheet for how to speed read using clusters of books.

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Land and Expand Reading Strategy Action Sheet

Action Sheet for the Land and Expand Strategy for Reading'

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Reading Quickly is Reading a Lot

Why the best way to get a reading speedup is to read a lot about some specific topic.

Action Produces Information Action Sheet

Action sheet for 'Action Produces Information'. Contains guidelines for when to act vs when to spend more time in decision analysis.

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Head Fake Questions Action Sheet

Action sheet for creating good head fake questions.

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Seek Ideas At The Right Level of Abstraction

A thinking trap for those of us who are analytical.

A Fourth Career Moat Pattern

Skills that don't normally appear in a single person are likely to be rare. Unfortunately, they might also be impossible to acquire.

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Neuroplasticity is a Pretty Useless Idea for Practice

Neuroplasticity is an oft-quoted scientific idea, used to explain skill acquisition. But it's not actually that useful to the practitioner. Here's why.

Knowing The Dip Exists is a Heck of an Advantage

The best ideas from Seth Godin's The Dip — which is really about why quitting early and often is so important to success.