Siyabonga Nhlengethwa's Key Ideas from Ultralearning
by Scott Young

A strategy for gaining skills and knowledge:

• Be intentional -make decisions about what to learn and why.
• Be Obsessed - explore different ways to achieve your desired outcome.
• Be intense about the subject you take on.

• Meta-learning: Learning how to learn the subject or skill.
• Focus: Carve out time in your day, and block out all distractions.
• Directness: Go Straight into Application
• Drill: Attack Your Weakest Point Relentlessly
• Retrieval: Testing your knowledge as a way of assessing and creating knowledge.
• Feedback: Evaluate how to use your knowledge without letting your ego get in the way.
• Retention: Memorise the important steps until they become natural.
• Intuition: Play around with your knowledge and explore different concepts and skills.
• Experimentation: Get outside your comfort zone and apply your new skills in the unfamiliar parts of your life.

Procrastination is often the result of being distracted from the ultimate goal. Multitasking is unsuitable for ultra learning - REMEMBER TO FOCUS

Beware of the things that could be distractions:

• Your Environment: Be aware of what environment you work best in, switch off your phone, or block all notifications.

• Your task: We are all oriented different, so some tasks may be easier to accomplish than others - break down your task into smaller parts.

• Your mind: The mind is restless and constantly working on formulating ideas but it is possible to quiet the mind to achieve the result. Remember to take breaks now and then - meditate, drink some mint tea ,let the mind drift then return your focus.

EVERY DISTRACTION IS ABOUT YOU!