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An asymptotic curve models the development of skills, strength, habits, and more §

An asymptotic curve is seen in the development of habits, skills, muscles, and more.

The asymptotic curve rises fast on the y-axis before leveling out. Practically, this models the rate of improvement when we start a new habit or develop a new skill.

• Graph from “Promoting Habit Formation,” Lally et al. ¹

Initial improvement is rapid but then slows down before plateauing. If we don’t change up our actions, that slow down will reach the Point of Diminishing Returns and become a plateau.²

The a-curve models the following:

• skill development (reference Ericsson 1993)
• Strength Development
• memory development via spaced repetition (the inverse of which is the “forgetting curve”) (See: How the LYT System enriches Spaced Repetition)
• habit formation
• attention spans

The A-curve in Strength Development §

https://www.elitefts.com/education/the-development-of-the-russian-conjugate-sequence-system/

Overcoming Plateaus

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Footnotes §

1. Promoting habit formation, 2011, Lally et al ↩

2. This also relates, in general, to the Pareto Principle, although I’d say for the a-curve it’s more like the final 10% of the task takes as long as the prior 90%. Remember both points when “fighting perfectionism”. ↩