Posts tagged skill stacking

Growth rarely feels like growth in the moment. Most of the time, it feels like confusion, ineptitude, and your brain struggling to keep up. I felt that firsthand on the first day of directing our rom-com series, when my brain completely broke and taught me what real growth actually looks like.

Mental ModelsThomas WaschenfelderJanuary 3, 2026growth mindset, creative growth, learning through discomfort, directing for the first time, creative process, breaking your comfort zone, skill stacking, first-time director, creative leadership, doing hard things

How to learn anything

The fastest way to learn any new skill isn’t through courses, books, or endless research — it’s by making something. In this piece, I break down how I’m learning cinematography from scratch by shooting a project my wife and I wrote, and why trial-by-doing is the key to mastering anything, one skill at a time.

Mental ModelsThomas WaschenfelderJuly 1, 2025learning by doing, creative skill building, how to learn fast, self-taught filmmaking, cinematography for beginners, make as you learn, trial and error learning, creative process tips, skill stacking, filmmaking without permission

Master The Mindset Of The Wealthy. Then Build.