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detour Nerve · 15 minutes · free

Ask a stranger to teach you what they're doing

“Walking up to someone in the middle of their own thing feels like an intrusion you'll regret. People who are good at something almost always want to show you.”

The Recipe

  1. Find someone nearby absorbed in something skilful: sketching, fixing a bike, casting a line, setting out a stall.
  2. Ask them to show you the one part that looks hardest.
  3. Try it yourself while they watch.

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