Scientific Definition
Performance improves with practice, but gains slow over time.
Plain-English Definition
Performance improves with practice, but gains slow over time.
Feynman Explanation
You get better fast, then better slowly, then you plateau.
Core Principle
Performance improves with practice, but gains slow over time.
Mechanisms
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Performance improves with practice, but gains slow over time.
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Training ROI is highest early, then requires different interventions.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
You get better fast, then better slowly, then you plateau.
Examples
- A new salesperson improves quickly, then needs coaching to reach mastery.
- Training ROI is highest early, then requires different interventions.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Plan for plateau-busting techniques after early gains.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Plan for plateau-busting techniques after early gains.
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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
Learners build knowledge by integrating new experience with existing mental structures — not by passive reception.
Targeted reps at the edge of your ability, with fast feedback, on a specific weakness.
Four dimensions of learner preference: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global.
Four learner preferences derived from Kolb: Activist, Reflector, Theorist, Pragmatist.
Four-stage cycle: Concrete Experience → Reflective Observation → Abstract Conceptualization → Active Experimentation.
Giving up after repeated exposure to uncontrollable negative events.
A deliberately curated set of people, sources, and feedback loops you draw on to learn faster than alone.
Default identity shift: you read, watch, and listen as a future teacher, not a passive consumer.
Preparing to teach a concept forces deeper encoding than passively studying it.
Pulling information out of memory cements it better than passively re-reading it.
Daily one-line capture of the single most important thing you learned that day.
Bloom-stacked curriculum that pairs passive online content with facilitated, experiential, and implementation phases.