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The Explanation Effect
Learning is not passive: you can't learn just by taking in information. Without some form of active processing, like teaching, almost everything we read is lost in a short time.
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- When you learn with the intention to teach, you learn more deeply.
- While you teach, you will realize where you have gaps in your knowledge.
- Teaching will give you valuable feedback.
- You will have to apply what you learn.
- You wi...
Spending 15 minutes a day reflecting on what you've learned can have a 20% learning gain.
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Whether you’re learning to play the saxophone or studying a foreign language, practice, or repetition, makes perfect.
Repetition increases the myelin, or fatty coating, around the axioms that connect our brain’s neurons. The more myelin, the faster our neurons work, and the better we learn...
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Have an end goal in mind when you're learning.
- What do you want to do with this information?
- How is it going to improve your life?
Even if you just want to do it for fun, find a project you can't do without learning the skill.
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