“The person who has had one experience in acquiring a complex skill knows that he **need not fear the array of rules that present themselves at the beginning of something new to be learned**. He knows that he does not have to worry about how all the separate acts in which he must become separately proficient are going to work together.” ([Location 870](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B004PYDAPE&location=870) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[adversity]], [[teachers]], **Source** -- [[20250103084100 - B - How to Read a Book]]