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The Ultimate Guide to Learning Anything Faster
The most effective learners actively seek feedback to enhance their performance.
Feedback is necessary for a learner to confirm that s/he is on the right track.
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Figure out your “why.” Consider these questions.
No matter what you want to learn or accomplish, there’s someone in the world that has already achieved what you want.
You have access nowadays to endless resources in the form of biographies, books, videos, online classes and so on. You just have to search.
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"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much an..."
"Our brains evolved to learn by doing things, not by hearing about them. This is one of the reasons that, for a lot of skills, it’s much better to spend about two thirds of your time testing yourself on it rather than absorbing it."
It can keep you accountable, but it can also lead to a false sense of completeness. One way to avoid sabotaging yourself is to state your goal as a commitment rather than progress towards the finished product.