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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What happened when I applied metrics to my piano practice (a five-part essay about the process of learning), published by Nicole Dieker on January 27, 2022 on LessWrong. Crossposted from Nicole Dieker Dot Com. The third and final part in my piano practice series, as promised. If you follow me on Twitter and I'm not at all sure if you should, since Twitter seems to be less valuable to me every successive day which in turn makes me less interested in adding value to it but anyway, if you read the tweets, you might have seen this one: Nicole Dieker @HelloTheFuture I'm going to write more about this tomorrow, but last night I told L that I had discovered "the secret to learning" and he told me that I was correct, except for the part where I was the first person to discover it January 26th 2022 2 Likes Over the past month I have, in fact, discovered the secret to learning — and even if I am not the first person to make this particular discovery, it still counts. Now I have the somewhat difficult task of telling you what it is. Here's how I explained it to L: Define win condition. Define action you are going to take to achieve win condition. Take defined action. Evaluate action both against its original definition (that is, did you do what you said you were going to do or did you do something else) and against the win condition. If you're me, write down the results. If you're L, keep them in your head. (He keeps all of this in his head. I have no idea how his head can handle it. He told me that he might have more storage space in his working memory because he thinks of things in bits and symbols instead of words.) Ask yourself what is keeping you from achieving your win condition. Describe it as specifically as possible. If you're me, write it down. Define action you are going to take to solve/address/eliminate obstacle preventing win condition. Repeat 2-7 until win condition is achieved. STOP. Step #8 — STOP AFTER WIN — is more important to the process than I originally realized. At first I assumed that once you hit WIN you could REPEAT WIN, maybe REPEAT WIN 5 CONSECUTIVE PASSES, but it doesn't work that way. Once your brain hits WIN, it's done with that particular problem for that particular practice session. Successive passes during the same practice session are more likely to be unfocused fails, which introduce inconsistencies that have to be resolved by running additional (time-consuming, frustrating) learning loops. Plus, STOPPING AFTER WIN sets up a work environment in which you are CONTINUALLY RETURNING TO WON SEQUENCES. I feel like I just confused you, so let me rephrase it: If you practice a specific piano passage until WIN and then put it away, the next time you return to that passage you'll approach it as SOMETHING ALREADY WON — that is, with CERTAINTY. If you practice a specific piano passage until WIN and then immediately play it again, you run the risk of NOT WINNING, generally because YOU AREN'T PAYING QUITE AS MUCH ATTENTION THIS TIME. Introducing NOT WIN (or FAIL) immediately after WIN creates UNCERTAINTY. I have nearly a month of spreadsheet data proving that it's better to STOP AFTER WIN. If you don't believe me, believe Chessable — because I stole the idea from them, even though they also admit that they were not the first people to discover it. If you still don't believe me, believe Super Mario Bros. When you fail, you start over; when you win, you move on.

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What happened when I applied metrics to my piano practice (a five-part essay about the process of learning), published by Nicole Dieker on January 27, 2022 on LessWrong. Crossposted from Nicole Dieker Dot Com. The third and final part in my piano practice series, as promised. If you follow me on Twitter and I'm not at all sure if you should, since Twitter seems to be less valuable to me every successive day which in turn makes me less interested in adding value to it but anyway, if you read the tweets, you might have seen this one: Nicole Dieker @HelloTheFuture I'm going to write more about this tomorrow, but last night I told L that I had discovered "the secret to learning" and he told me that I was correct, except for the part where I was the first person to discover it January 26th 2022 2 Likes Over the past month I have, in fact, discovered the secret to learning — and even if I am not the first person to make this particular discovery, it still counts. Now I have the somewhat difficult task of telling you what it is. Here's how I explained it to L: Define win condition. Define action you are going to take to achieve win condition. Take defined action. Evaluate action both against its original definition (that is, did you do what you said you were going to do or did you do something else) and against the win condition. If you're me, write down the results. If you're L, keep them in your head. (He keeps all of this in his head. I have no idea how his head can handle it. He told me that he might have more storage space in his working memory because he thinks of things in bits and symbols instead of words.) Ask yourself what is keeping you from achieving your win condition. Describe it as specifically as possible. If you're me, write it down. Define action you are going to take to solve/address/eliminate obstacle preventing win condition. Repeat 2-7 until win condition is achieved. STOP. Step #8 — STOP AFTER WIN — is more important to the process than I originally realized. At first I assumed that once you hit WIN you could REPEAT WIN, maybe REPEAT WIN 5 CONSECUTIVE PASSES, but it doesn't work that way. Once your brain hits WIN, it's done with that particular problem for that particular practice session. Successive passes during the same practice session are more likely to be unfocused fails, which introduce inconsistencies that have to be resolved by running additional (time-consuming, frustrating) learning loops. Plus, STOPPING AFTER WIN sets up a work environment in which you are CONTINUALLY RETURNING TO WON SEQUENCES. I feel like I just confused you, so let me rephrase it: If you practice a specific piano passage until WIN and then put it away, the next time you return to that passage you'll approach it as SOMETHING ALREADY WON — that is, with CERTAINTY. If you practice a specific piano passage until WIN and then immediately play it again, you run the risk of NOT WINNING, generally because YOU AREN'T PAYING QUITE AS MUCH ATTENTION THIS TIME. Introducing NOT WIN (or FAIL) immediately after WIN creates UNCERTAINTY. I have nearly a month of spreadsheet data proving that it's better to STOP AFTER WIN. If you don't believe me, believe Chessable — because I stole the idea from them, even though they also admit that they were not the first people to discover it. If you still don't believe me, believe Super Mario Bros. When you fail, you start over; when you win, you move on.

Our guest on the podcast today is Lynnette Khalfani-Cox. She's a personal finance expert, speaker, and author of 15 money-management books, including The New York Times best-seller, Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom. Khalfani-Cox and her husband co-own TheMoneyCoach.net, which offers financial education consulting services, courses, and workshops. Before starting TheMoneyCoach.net, Khalfani-Cox was a Wall Street Journal reporter for CNBC, where she covered business and personal finance news. She spent nearly 10 years at Dow Jones & Company working as a reporter, bureau chief, deputy managing editor, and personal finance editor. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Irvine, and her master's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California. BackgroundBioTheMoneyCoach.netBooks by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox Improving the Racial Wealth Gap"Here's What the 'Black Tax' Does to so Many Families--Including Mine," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, Vox, March 24, 2021."How Income and Savings Affect the Racial Wealth Gap," by Steve Wendel, Morningstar.com, Aug. 27, 2021. "100 Must-Know Statistics about Race, Income, and Wealth," by Christine Benz, Morningstar.com, June 8, 2020. "Why the Racial Wealth Gap Exists, and What You Can Do About It," by Nicole Dieker, Haven Life, July 10, 2020."3 Ways to Close the Racial Wealth Gap After the Pandemic," by Kemberley Washington, Forbes, June 10, 2021."A Lesson in Economic Violence," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AskTheMoneyCoach.com."Financial Advice During the COVID-19 Pandemic," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, aalbc.com, May 30, 2020."How to Set Money Boundaries With Your Family," Meena Thiruvengadam, Yahoo News, Sept. 8, 2021.Ariel-Schwab Black Investor Survey "A Money Expert Who Bought her Daughter an Apartment for College Said It Worked So Well She's Doing the Same Thing for her Son," by Liz Knueven, Business Insider, Sept. 24, 2019."Are You Ready for Homeownership?" by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AskTheMoneyCoach.com. "Are You a Victim of Financial Abuse?" by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AARP. College Funding"What to Do If You Can No Longer Afford to Pay for College Due to COVID-19," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AskTheMoneyCoach.com."Student Debt Sinks Retirees," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AARP, April 18, 2017."Seven Ways to Pay Off Your Student Loans," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AskTheMoneyCoach.com."Tackling Student Loan Debt," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AARP."Are Your Kids Making You Broke?" by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AARP, January 2013.“7 Financial Tips for Parents of College Students," by Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, AskTheMoneyCoach.com.Financial Wellness and Education"7 Tips for Tackling Your Credit Card Debt, From Someone Who Paid Off $100,000 in 3 Years," by Elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, June 1, 2021.

Something we always say on this show is that money is highly personal. Well, one thing I’ve learned is there’s no specific “accomplishment” moment for when you are in control of your money. For some people it’s being able to buy whatever kind of cheese they want at the grocery store, for others it's the feeling of not worrying about the next paycheck. Today is the first episode of our new regular listener stories series, with The Billfold editor Nicole Dieker, where we feature listener's creative reflections on different financial topics. Our Next Topic The next prompt for our listener stories series is "Ramen" - do what that with you will. If you have stories to submit, send them in to stories@ohmydollar.com or tweet them 240-characters at a time to @ohmydollar. About The Billfold The Billfold is one of our favorite personal finance websites creating an honest conversation about money, with one of the most active commenter communities on the internet. About Nicole Dieker Nicole is the editor of The Billfold, and has also written for The Write Life, Lifehacker, Bankrate, and numerous other sites. She teaches writing, freelancing, and publishing classes (including online classes), and work one-on-one with authors as a developmental editor and copyeditor. Ask us a question! We love hearing from you! Email us your financial worries or receipt victories at questions@ohmydollar.com or tweet us at @anomalily or @ohmydollar This show is made paw-sible by listeners like you We absolutely love our Purrsonal Finance Society Members, the folks that generously support Oh My Dollar with $1 or more a month on Patreon – and have made is so we have free, full transcripts for every show on ohmydollar.comThis episode was underwritten by patron Tamsen G Association and Warrior Queen. To learn more about being part of the Purrsonal Finance Society and get cool perks like exclusive livestreams and cat stickers, you can visit ohmydollar.com/support Stories Featured - The First (and Second, and Third) Time I Felt in Control of My Money on The Billfold - How Two Budgeting Choices Gave Me Control Over My Money on The Billfold Other Episodes You Might Find interesting - Meal Planning (the secret weapon) ft. Nicole Dieker - What if your life decisions were made by the stock market? ft. KmikeyM - Creativity vs. Financial Security Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Nicole Dieker from the wonderful website The Billfold joins us to talk about the most awesome way to reduce your stress and lower your grocery budget at the same time- meal planning! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Editor for The Billfold Nicole Dieker makes a case for the 1978 miniseries version of Little Women, starring basically everyone who was on a famous TV show in the 1970s. Listen to Nicole play a ~brand new~ season two game, and discuss who her famous bae would be (hint: It's NOT William Shatner, who *was indeed* in the 1978 version of Little Women).  Follow Nicole on Twitter @HelloTheFuture and pre-order her book, The Biographies of Ordinary People, out May 23! https://www.amazon.com/Biographies-Ordinary-People-1989-2000-ebook/dp/B06VT22Y3Q Theme song: "Sleeper Hold," by Saintseneca (@saintseneca) http://www.saintseneca.com/

It's our 100th episode! We present what could go wrong with What Could Go Wrong, or for brevity's sake: What Could Go Right!

Nicole Dieker (writer for The Billfold, Spark Notes, and more; singer/songwriter) truly, deeply enjoys the animated TV show, Steven Universe. Thanks, as always, to Molly Lewis for our theme music.

Happy Totally Normal Day In December, everybody! It's our HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGOON, and instead of revisiting the animated A Charlie Brown Christmas like we originally intended, we saw a stage adaptation of the same, at the Taproot Theater in Seattle. In our first segment Nicole Dieker joins us for a roundtable about the merits of adapting a Peanuts animated special to live theater, and what a difference it makes to have real actors instead of children imitating Bill Melendez one word at a time. In our second segment we interview Andy Cownden, BC's go-to Charlie Brown, about what it's like to assume the role of Charlie Brown, and to be faithful to the original text while also finding room to make the role your own. Topics of discussion include: The unexpected treat of having real stage actors read Schulz; Charlie Brown maybe meant to say "material" when he said "commercial"; an extra-canon epilogue! (feat. the Christmas queen); there's no such thing as a non-creepy nativity; A Charlie Brown Xmas as a quiet, melancholy Rocky Horror; A Charlie Brown Xmas as a boggart; performative feelings about Christmas; dancing about architecture; the existential table work that goes into a Charlie Brown Christmas production; at least three kinds of Snoopy puppet; Charlie Brown's emotional arc is not unlike the stripe on his shirt. The animated A Charlie Brown Christmas is available on streaming, DVD, network television... You could holler "Isn't there anyone who has a copy of A Charlie Brown Christmas?!" out a car window and someone would be like "YES." To find a production of the A Charlie Brown Christmas stage adaptation that we discuss in this episode, Google "[your city name] Eric Schaeffer Charlie Brown". Odds are there's a production very near you! Our first guest Nicole Dieker is a freelance writer and a senior editor at The Billfold. She can be found at @hellothefuture or NicoleDieker.com. She is our first return guest, and first joined us to discuss It Was A Short Summer, CB. Our second guest Andy Cownden is a talented actor and writer, who is currently playing Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas at the Carousel Theater in Granville Island. Questions? Comments? Tweet them to @PeanutsPodcast. Josh and Molly wrote a holiday musical a couple years ago, inspired in no small part by the Peanuts holiday specials. It's available to stream or purchase on Bandcamp. Thank you for listening to & tweeting at this pair of blockheads! We really appreciate it. Audio blandishment by Ken Plume.

Celebrate the joy and insanity of this massive pop culture convention with a bunch of mini-interviews in and around SDCC! Featuring interviews with fellow Feral Audio podcasters, Corey Podell and Courtney Pauroso of We Should Have A Podcast; writer/musician, Nicole Dieker; podcast fan Julia Bradford; man about town Bill Lublin; host/actor Jennifer Landa; and w00tstock stage manager, Sara Scrimshaw! Thanks, as always, to Molly Lewis for our theme music.

We wrist-wrestle with 1969's IT WAS A SHORT SUMMER, CHARLIE BROWN, in which the boys take on the girls in a summertime battle of the sexes, and get their dumb, uncoordinated butts handed to them for the better part of a half-hour. Special guest Nicole Dieker joins us in an episode recorded in the middle of the damn ocean during this year's JoCo Cruise. Pour yourself a tall glass of Electrolyte Solution and watch it on DailyMotion. Topics of discussion include: adults vs. children vs. tall children; a stone soup / Wizard of Oz mashup (not in Latin); the proper rules of "hangman", and Nicole coining the phrase "hangdoodle"; Garbage Snoopy Land, with alternate Snoopy creatures; You can hug a meatlump, but can a meatlump hug you back?; Asshole Blanket Gymnastics; the migratory habits of Brazilian potato chips; the rise of the Matriarchy. Our guest Nicole Dieker is a freelance writer and a senior editor at The Billfold. She can be found at @hellothefuture or NicoleDieker.com. Questions? Comments? Dump them into our asking box. Follow us on Twitter at @PeanutsPodcast. We wrote a holiday musical a couple years ago, inspired in no small part by the Peanuts holiday specials. It's available to stream or purchase on Bandcamp. Audio blandishment by Ken Plume.

It's still summer so run yourself a cool bath, put away the Pokey Little Puppy and listen to this episode of I Haven't Seen That! This week we're joined by writer Nicole Dieker, as we discuss Regional Commercial Stars, the Athletic Kid/Boring Kid/Fat Kid trio, the irony of fart jokes, the DVD Grave and much much more! A THING NICOLE HASN'T SEEN: Wet Hot American Summer. A THING WHITNEY HASN'T SEEN: 3 Ninjas: High Noon At Mega Mountain. A THING MARK HASN'T SEEN: Surf Ninjas.

Paul & Chris sit down and chat about central vacuum and avocados! What more could you want from a host-full show? Well, surprise guest Tina pops in to talk delicious cookies & not-so delicious undercooked cheeseburgers. Chris is excited for the next episode with author Marty Chan. A last minute shot in the dark, Chris attempted to get Adam Dachis from Supercharched as this episode’s guest. However, he’s hoping to schedule Adam and Darren Herczeg for a future Film Frown. Paul asks about Chris’ latest writing gig, Lost Highway. Chris was also lucky enough to have an article posted on the arkOS blog. Glen Fleishman’s The New Disruptors is an excellent podcast. In particular, they discuss the episode featuring Nicole Dieker where she talked briefly about working for CrowdSource. Discussing the terror of possibly offending a movie star hero during your bad movie podcast. Here’s the show in question. Here’s a recap. Panasonic, why you no have Ernie Reyes Jr. kick your Toughbook & Toughpad around in commercials? We’d buy one then. IF IT COULD SURVIVE HIS MARTIAL ARTS! The ridiculous 3D music video for Edmonton’s Brewery District development. (Turn off your speakers unless you want to hear synth trombones. In fact, do not watch this at all.) Paul enjoys listening to the podcast Core Intuition. Paul wants to incorporate Searchpath into the new site to hosts our podcasts. He currently bakes pies when he uploads these notes and podcasts? WHA? A backstage look at how Paul publishes and hosts the podcasts. Chris has been editing images for episcura.com. So, if you need seamless textures or HDRI, check it out. The fellas discuss using tags and how John Gruber uses tags. Patent trolls 101 and The Temple of Gloom. Chris shares a review of Sony’s Powers. Only available on PS4? REALLY? Rory from Doctor Who is in CW’s new Legends of Tomorrow. The kids need a GyroBowl! Paul loves the “fabulous central vacuum.” Skype boxes built from Raspberry Pis? Why not. The Wolfson Audio Card might be a decent audio solution. Paul’s audio mixer used for the show, Mackie Onyx 1640i. Dan Benjamin now suggests some Focusrite products for podcasting in his show Podcast Method. Thanks for listening to our host-full show. It was a lot of fun for us to catch up with each other instead of getting to know a rad guest. It’s a bit of a throwback episode; we hope you enjoyed it. Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon

Nicole Dieker wears a lot of hats, as well as a brown coat. She's a freelance copywriter and ghostwriter, pens fiction, and writes essays. She's also a musician who bootstrapped herself out of a convention to which she returns every year, a rock climber, a Firefly fan, a whiskey drinker, and much more. Nicole wears her earnings on her sleeve, too: she discloses in regular posts precisely how much she's made in her freelance career. Sponsors and patrons Our show is made possible through the generous support of sponsors and patrons. We're sponsored this week by: 99designs: Have dozens of designers from the over 310,000 that are part of 99designs's network submit ideas for your logo, Web site, T-shirt, car wrap, or other design project, then pick the best and have a finished, professional result in a week or less for a flat price. Our listeners can visit this special destination page to get $99 Power Pack of services for free! Harry's: Disrupting the conventional razor piece, Harry's bought a 93-year-old German factory to produce its high-quality razor blades, which it delivers straight to your home at a fraction of the cost of cheaper blades you purchase at retail. For $15, get a set with a handle, three blades, and shaving cream. Use coupon code DISRUPT for $5 off your first order! Thanks also to our patrons Ben Werdmuller, Bryan Clark, and Tarun Gangwani for supporting us directly through Patreon! You can back this podcast for as little as $1 per month. At higher levels, we'll thank you on the air and send you mugs and T-shirts! Show notes Blues Brothers "writing a check" scene Marian Call, a previous guest on the show Intervention convention; the organizers are previous guests on the show The Rutles Chris Hawker invented the PowerSquid and was a previous guest on the show Mink Car Cover project Slash fiction The Dashcon debacle Nicole's Boing Boing article about her game idea Slash: Romance without Boundaries Games by Play Date

Michael, Jstebz and Matty Dub are talking to Nicole Dieker of Hello, The Future today about Giant Robot Album, her latest musical endeavour. Nicole has worked on many projects including an impressive feat of writing and recording 100 songs a week on her youtube channel, including this Moxy Fruvous/Homestar Runner gem. Unfortunately technology got the better of us and our interview was cut short, nevertheless, we've included 3 songs from her new album for your pleasure. You can check Nicole out on her website and be sure to buy her great tunes!