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🔧Bottleneck Drill

UltralearningOverachievers · Skill Sprint · 90-Min SprintHard

for the overachiever whose progress stalled on one stubborn sub-skill

Goal

Isolate the single rate-limiting sub-skill and attack it for one focused session.

Source principle

Drill: isolate the bottleneck sub-skill and attack it directly with concentrated reps. : from Ultralearning by Scott Young.

The plan

  1. 🔍
    0:00-0:10
    Diagnose the bottleneck. One specific sub-skill. Name it.
  2. ✂️
    0:10-0:15
    Isolate it from the full skill. Strip everything else away.
  3. 🛠️
    0:15-0:25
    Design a 3:1 drill (3 parts reps, 1 part rest). Nothing else.
  4. 📊
    0:25-0:30
    Measure pre-performance on ONE metric. Real number.
  5. 🔁
    0:30-0:50
    Drill rep 1. Full focus. 90-sec rest after.
  6. 🔁
    0:50-1:05
    Drill rep 2. Same drill. Same focus. Rest.
  7. 🔁
    1:05-1:20
    Drill rep 3. Same drill. Same focus. Rest.
  8. 📊
    1:20-1:25
    Measure post-performance on the SAME metric. Real number.
  9. 🪞
    1:25-1:28
    Compare pre vs. post. Did the gap close?
  10. 🤔
    1:28-1:30
    Decide: drill-again tomorrow, or integrate back into full skill.

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