Planning Your Learning By Yourself

To save the time of both of you, consider asking your mentor these questions:

• Thinking back to when you were just getting started, what parts of your skill were the most frustrating to learn?
• Which of those do you use on a daily/weekly basis, and which have you forgotten?

In school, your teachers worked out a lesson plan and made sure you were aiming in the right direction. When you're teaching yourself, you have to do it yourself.

• Deconstruct and select: Every skill can be broken down into pieces. Find out what are the minimal learna...

1. Use what you learn more and study it less, do it early and often to progress faster than just studying. 
2. Practice deliberately and focus on specific elements of the skill until you improve. Identify the fundamental components of the skill you’re learning that you strugg...