2) Explain The Topics In Your Own Words.
Explain the concept in your own words as if you were trying to teach it to a child. When trying to break things down into simple ideas with simple vocabulary, you'll realize whether or not your knowledge of the subject is sufficient.
This makes it easy to identity any gaps in your knowledge.
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The Feynman technique can be used to learn anything. It was devised by Nobel laureate Richard Feynman. The idea is that when you can teach something in the simplest way possible, you will master it. This technique has 4 steps.
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