Explore the World's Best Ideas
Join today and uncover 100+ curated journeys from 50+ topics. Unlock access to our mobile app with extensive features.
What Being An Autodidact Means
An Autodidact is a person that chooses their topics, learning resources and schedule to learn what they want, when they want.
Being an autodidact (a self-taught person) requires discipline and a love for learning.
496
2.59K reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Learn Less
Consume less, but better quality material with intense bursts of focus.
Learning less in a day also reinforces the power of spacing effect as your mind gets the chance to process and remember what you learn.
473
1.97K reads
Adopt The Right Learning Mindset
Persevere during hard times. See challenges, obstacles, and mistakes as an opportunity to grow.
They are blessings in disguise because the more you face them, the more you learn.
437
1.24K reads
Begin Learning With Mastery In Mind
Think big and observe the experts in the field.
Pay close attention to their mindset, skillset and the way they perform. Not only will you become more interested, but you’ll also learn faster and better.
418
1.12K reads
Set The Right Difficulty For Growth
It’s important to practice or learn the right things, at the right pace, and at the right difficulty.
If anytime, you feel things are getting complicated or passing over your head, it’s best to step back and find the gaps in your understanding of the basics.
409
1.14K reads
Stop Procrastinating and Start Studying
We procrastinate due to the anticipation of pain. And the best way to beat procrastination is to just get started.
If you want to turn the anticipation of pain into the anticipation of reward, you can set a reward for each learning session you do.
494
1.49K reads
Why Self-Learning Is Hard
Usually, the biggest barriers to learning are:
- Getting started/ procrastination
- Staying committed
- Being able to focus
- Overcoming self-doubt
- Remembering what you're learning.
520
2.22K reads
Mix And Match The Right Learning Methods
It’s important to choose the best learning methods to learn a particular topic.
To do that, you can find how the masters did it and follow their footsteps. You can experiment with different learning resources and learning tools and for effective learning.
387
894 reads
Learn With Deep Focus
An hour of focused learning is more effective than 3 hours of shallow learning.
If you’re serious about learning, you can’t get distracted during that dedicated time. You can also enhance your focus by pre-conditioning your mind (having a nap before, a coffee, listening to...
460
1.35K reads
Learn Beter: Do The Fundamentals
Think of yourself as a car. If you want yourself to function at your best, you need proper fuel, recovery, and care.
When learning, the fundamentals are : eat, move and sleep.
422
1.18K reads
Learn With The Beginner In Mind
Shoshin comes from Zen Buddhism that translates to “beginner’s mind”. It requires you to erase your preconceptions to learn with an open and eager mind. Bruce Lee said, “Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.”.
447
1.18K reads
Plan And Set Learning Goals
Planning and goal setting will give you a direction and will let you set intentions.
They let you achieve massive growth in a short time when you set a deadline.
425
1.37K reads
More like this
Learn what you want
People learn when they are self-motivated, not when someone comes in front of them for four hours a week, and tells something to them.
Start learning what you want, since that is what actually matters — that is what you must care about.
Learning at the wrong time
People learn best when they have to learn. Applying what’s learned to real-world situations strengthens one’s focus and determination to learn.
Today’s employees often learn uniform topics, on schedule, and at a time when it bears little immediate relevance to their role — thus lea...
Discover your child's Interests
In school, children have to follow a specific curriculum regardless of their feelings toward the subject. Homeschooling allows for a customizable education that fit your kid's interest and preference for learning.
You won't know what your kid wants to learn if they don't ge...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates