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But it's rarely taught.
We're constantly trying to learn new things, but never stop to ask..
"Am I going about this in the best way?"
Today I'm sharing 8 techniques you can use to optimize your learning:
The Art of Habits (It's free)
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80% of the results come from 20% of the inputs.
Take time before you start learning something to identify the most important 20%.
For example:
Guitar - The 20 chords used most in popular songs
Languages - The 500 most commonly used words
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Your brain is a complex machine.
If you can get more parts of it firing, you will be more likely to remember what you're studying.
Experiment with different ways ofstimulating it.
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Fuck the 10,000 hour rule.
Studies show that you can become proficient at something in as little as 20 hours.
But how you use that 20 hours is critical.
An amazing TED Talks goes deep on this topic
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Learning Spanish?
Moving to Spain is probably going to fast-track your progress
This can be applied to other skills:
Put yourself in the environment best for learning.
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STEP 1: Identify a topic
STEP 2: Try to explain it to a 5-year-old
STEP 3: Study to fill in knowledge gaps
STEP 4: Organize, convey, and review
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You may be able to scrape through your calculus exam by cramming all night
--but a week later you won't remember a thing.
Your brain will reward you for using spaced-repetition.
I recommend an app called Anki for this.
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Good for learning
= putting information into your brain
Better for learning
⁃ recalling information from your brain
Test your knowledge early and often.
This will also help you identify weak points
that you can come back and target later.
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To each their own.
But research shows that retention rates
improve when we pick the pen and paper
over the mouse and keyboard
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A blueprint on how to Build Habits that Stick & Break Bad Ones.
"Steal the Unconventional blueprint that helped 1100+ Action takers"
6 Chapters.
13 Actionable Exercises
Endless Possibilities
"Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become"
The Art of Habits (It's free)
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