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title: The Rule Of 100
date: 2025-08-17T03:59:21.695314
author: Charlie M.
category: SIGNAL
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I was standing in the kitchen this morning, waiting for the kettle to boil. There was this moment, you know, the kind where you're just staring out the window at nothing in particular, the sunlight barely peeking through the leaves, feeling like maybe there’s something bigger you should be thinking about. My mind wandered, as it does, to something I'd read online—people always say doing something 100 times makes you competent. The Rule of 100. Or something like that. Mr. Beast, who I think is a YouTuber legend, talks about this all the time. There's this notion, almost a mantra, that repetition equals mastery. But, like, does it really?
So, I tried to recall—what was deliberate practice again? Vaguely remember some study or article saying it’s not just repetition, but purposeful repetition. There's this curve or graph—skill acquisition curve? Not sure. But it’s weirdly comforting and frustrating, the idea that doing something over and over might make you better at it. But what if you’re doing it wrong a hundred times? Ever thought about that?
I’ve tried this before, in small ways. Back when I was obsessed with productivity hacks and life optimization. I tried the 100 push-ups challenge, thinking by the end I might just magically become a fitness junkie. Spoiler: I didn’t. Consistency was the real hurdle. I’d start strong, then...life happened. Scrolling Instagram, getting distracted by notifications. Ended up deleting the app hoping it’d give me time and space to do, well, anything else. Spoiler: It didn’t stick. Found myself reinstalling it, almost like muscle memory.
And it's funny, how they say something like 10,000 hours for mastery, but here it’s just a hundred reps. Feels more achievable, but who knows if it's true. Some repetition and mastery studies, somewhere, said even small amounts of deliberate practice make a difference. I think it was around 20 percent improvement? Or 50? Maybe I'm mixing things up.
There’s something humbling about accepting you might not be doing it right. But if I did 100 blog posts—maybe I’d become a better writer, or just more confused? Could be both. Never know till you try, but trying is scary sometimes. The fear of repetition, of not improving, makes me question everything. Like this post, is it any good or just another draft in my mind? I don't know.
Ever feel like you’re going in circles, trying different methods to see what sticks? I guess this Rule of 100 is just another path through the same forest. We all want to believe in a simple formula for getting better at life, at anything. But it’s messy. Reassuringly messy, like the sun weaving through my kitchen window. It's there, but it doesn't reveal everything.
And somehow, I’m okay with that. Maybe this is just another thought left unresolved, another kettle boiling over. Life’s a series of these moments, maybe we get better at accepting the uncertainty with each repetition. Or not. I don’t know.