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Luck: Ten Skills
Posted by john on Tuesday, August 17 @ 20:55:58 EDT (5493 reads)
Topic Self Evaluation
In the face of all the "luck" posts, 10 skill areas come to mind:


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What makes an expert: Word power and making choices
Posted by john on Thursday, July 22 @ 17:33:01 EDT (3625 reads)
Topic Self Evaluation
A nice exchange between Jere Mead and Mike Baron about the difference between top experts and the rest of us.


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Walker Willingham's 'Book on Me'
Posted by john on Thursday, July 22 @ 17:28:52 EDT (3135 reads)
Topic Self Evaluation
In crossword-games-pro@yahoogroups.com, Walker Willingham wrote: Often in postings to this forum we see speculation about the various skills needed to excel at our game, and what makes an expert, or what separates the elite from the merely expert. I don't pretend to know the answers to those questions, but I can guess at my own strength in a variety of skills I've identified off the cuff as being important to play.

[Ed: This is from a couple years ago and certainly does not represent Walker's current assessment -- but the concepts are useful.]


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A map for self analysis
Posted by john on Thursday, July 22 @ 17:24:31 EDT (3401 reads)
Topic Self Evaluation
keith smith wrote: My opinion on this is probably pretty worthless, but I did a similar self-evaluation [to Walker Willingham's] after Reno....


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