Harvard's Dark Horse Project found high achievers don't follow rigid plans. Instead they run short-term experiments, testing and adapting constantly. The speaker keeps a "book of experiments" for each opportunity, logging goals, predictions, and reflections to discover what works.
Harvard researchers once ran a study they called the Dark Horse Project. They looked at high achievers and found that most of these folks don't follow rigid long-term plans. Instead, they ran short-term experiments, constantly testing, learning, and adapting. Now, inspired by author David Epstein, I use my own book of experiments to track my own zigzags. The process is actually really simple. You pick an opportunity in front of you, you write what you want to try, you predict what you're going to learn, and then you reflect and you adjust. This approach gets you unstuck, and keeps you growing. Here's the key thing: success isn't a straight line. It's a series of small, smart bets. That's how you figure out what works.
