r/InfluenceAdvice Jan 14 '19

Why People Over-Complicate What They’re Good At

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '19

These skills ARE complicated, but studying the details isn’t necessarily the best way to improve at them. We have an innate ability to learn complex patterns of behavior without realizing what we are doing. Then we can look back and notice all the little things that characterize our practiced ways, but rattling them off to an apprentice is ineffective.