This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Mediocre ExcellenceThis entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Wide StandardsI’m not the first guy to ever write about this kind of thing, not the best, and not the last. But, let’s give it a shot. I don’t know if that comes out…
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Don’t Have High Standards, Have Wide Standards
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Wide StandardsLo! And Chagami sayeth: It doesn’t matter how many kanji you do a day/how many sentences you’re learning/how much vocab you’re picking up, all that matters is that progress is being made. I know that sometimes it can feel like we’re lowering our standards by just…
Do “Wide Standards” Apply To Immersion?: High Achievement Despite Low=Wide Standards
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Wide Standardse_dub_kendo on “Don’t Have High Standards, Have Wide Standards”: Khatz, just to clarify, this applies to the “study aspect” like doing SRS reps, etc, but given any 86,400 second period one should be striving to be in a Japanized environment for as many of…
How to Make Miracles Happen and Get Called a Genetically Gifted Genius
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 23 of 26 in the series Timeboxing TrilogyThis entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Wide Standards Do what you can (importantly, don’t do what you can’t do…this seems like an obvious [indeed, almost tautological] statement, but you’d be amazed how many people try to force it) Do the…