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Touch typing

Put the keyboard on autopilot so your thinking runs free.

What to learn

Type by touch, accurately and without looking, at a speed that keeps up with thought.

The problem it solves

Hunt-and-peck bottlenecks everything digital, taxing attention that should be on the ideas.

How to teach it

Teach a child

Use a typing program and short daily reps; insist on accuracy before speed and on not looking down, even when it’s slower at first. Keep sessions short and regular. The gains compound quietly.

Teach yourself

Drill it properly — correct fingers, eyes off the keys, accuracy before speed — in short daily sessions until it’s automatic. An unglamorous skill that pays a dividend on every keystroke for the rest of your life.

Tactics that teach it

Deliberate Practice adult habit

Target the weak spot, repeat with feedback, just past comfort.

Don’t just log hours — aim them at the specific thing you’re bad at, work just past comfortable, and get feedback fast enough to adjust. Skill is built at the edge of your current ability, not in the comfortable middle.

Done when

Types accurately by touch at a pace that keeps up with their thinking.

In the framework

Capability compounds: a boring skill, built once, frees attention forever after. Touch typing is the engine made efficient — less friction between a thought and its landing.

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