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Individual Ability |
Individual Ability
Effort is the smallest part of improvement.
This note is about practical ability. For discussion of how others perceive ability, see professionalism.
Individuals differ in learning rate and capacity for familiarity. Whether nature or nurture is to blame, there is little an adult can do to move those needles. Making the most of the resources you have requires developing effective coping mechanisms (like note-taking).
To gain and maintain skill is time consuming. The barrier to greater professional skill for most people is responsibility.
Capacity for Familiarity
There is a practical limit to the mind's "shelf space". It's not only a question of experience or exposure, familiarity requires maintenance.
As of 2025-11-05 the original content of this-notebook would take almost two hours to read, and though I try to make it otherwise, it likely doesn't contain an eighth of my professional knowledge.