Stop scrolling into Facebook or TikTok in your free time, here there are my top five apps to spend time to learn, grow, and inspire me as Deepstash does.

Apps to rock your days

If you want to meditate, you should try this one.It has different packs of content and time.Also, it is free. Try once and you will never let it go.

Medito

If you want to learn a new language, you should start by little steps.5 minutes of learning vocabulary with interactive games will be useful. Non preoccuparti, inoltre è gratuita!

Drops

What to do next? What to buy for a party? What to wear? No worries! Just search a concept in Pinterest and look for options.

Pinterest

You need to keep training your brain. Never is to late to review or learn how to increase the way you are learning words, adding, or writing.The free plan is one of the best ones!

Elevate

The best app to read, edit, and save files.The free mode has a lot of options, I encourage you to give a chance.

Xodo

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Everyone wants advanced knowledge. But it’s typically the basics that matter most.Most math is arithmetic, not algebra. Running a business is largely a matter of keeping revenues above costs. Good writing is the product of clear ideas and clean sentences.All skills break down into elemental components–coding has commands, painting has brushstrokes, comedy has jokes. Mastery of the performance results from mastery of the parts.

We Always Forget The Basics

We ignore the basics, not because they’re hidden, but because they’re so obvious. We don’t think about how to tie our shoes, drive a car, compose an email or complete routine tasks. Thoughtlessness saves effort but inhibits improvement. Bringing attention back to the basics doesn’t come automatically. We adjust our habits only when they fail to deliver results.

Overlooking The Fundamentals

One way to return to the basics is to change the environment. Skiing down a more difficult slope reveals technique errors not noticeable on groomed runs. Writing for an editor receives pushback you won’t get in your diary. Talking on the phone in a foreign language reveals mistakes you could avoid with body language in person.Another strategy is to change your goals. When you set a different standard for what you want to produce, your actions must adapt.Finally, you can find room for improvement by observing and analyzing your work after the fact, like rereading your old code.

Returning To The Basics

Our minds operate with a tight mental bottleneck. We can’t simultaneously apply our full bandwidth to performing a skill and also monitor it for improvement. So separate these tasks–examine your mistakes when you’re not in the middle of making them.

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You’re Never Too Good for the Basics - Scott H Young

Some people say, “Knock on wood,” and then knock on something made of wood for good luck, when they have made a remark that has been true up to that point and they want it to continue to be true: “I've never had an accident yet, knock on wood.”

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For many years Duolingo offered a free app, the company running on investor money. After they raised an 100M VC round from Google they realised they have to start making money:<ul><li>Their first iteration was a user generated translation service they offered to CNN & Buzzfeed. It made them so little money it was shut down.</li><li>They finally landed on ads as a way to incentivise people to get a pro subscription.</li></ul>The ads were chosen because offering the app for free was a key value proposition. The challenging part was convincing the team to go with it, as most of Duolingo thought ads were inherently evil.

Duolingo's Journey to Monetization

Duolingo has a userbase split between:<ul><li>Professionals who want to learn English. Because knowing English is the universal booster to your career.</li><li>Hobbyists who think playing language games are better than scrolling Instagram.</li></ul>Considering the split, phone apps like Insta or Tiktok are Duolingo's biggest competitors.

Duolingo's Userbase

Duolingo is the biggest learning app in the world and the founder was cool to share some honest insights.

Luis von Ahn, Co-Founder and CEO of Duolingo — How to Be (Truly) Mission-Driven, Monetization Experiments, 10x Growth, Org Chart Iterations for Impacting Metrics, The Intricate Path to an IPO, Best Hiring Practices, Catching Exam Cheaters, The Allure of Toto Toilets, The Future of Duolingo, and How to Stand Out in Your Career | Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, Helix Sleep premium mattresses, and LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 800M+ users. More on all three below.Luis von Ahn (@LuisvonAhn) is an entrepreneur and consulting professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who is considered one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is known for co-inventing CAPTCHAs, being a MacArthur fellow, and selling two companies to Google in his twenties.He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, a language-learning platform created to bring free language education to the world. 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Strategy

The Co-Founder of Duolingo on Tim Ferriss

Time for learning can feel like a luxury. It may feel like there isn't energy or time for anything else. Yet our peak experiences come when we expand our thinking. Without leaning, life becomes flat. When you learn new things in your limited time, you'll substantially increase the amount of new and exciting stuff you can do.

Make the most out of your limited time to learn new things

A major barrier to reading more books into having interesting reading material available. A simple strategy is to have three books with you.<ul><li>An audiobook is great for commuting, exercising or waiting in line.</li><li>A digital book can ensure you have something to read at all times.</li><li>A hardcover book gives you the joy of paper at your fingertips when you get a moment to sit down.</li></ul> If reading feels unpleasant, you're possibly reading the wrong books.

Always have at least three books with you

Find courses that interest you on YouTube and watch them during your computer breaks. Start with more entertaining courses and switch to headier stuff once you've built the habit.

Keep a course open on your browser tab

Hobbies and skills require hands-on experience, yet, it is often the most difficult to fit into a busy life. One way to maximize your time is to ensure all your projects are ready to start. Create a dedicated workspace, so you only have to sit down and get to work. Get the project past the "blank canvas" stage. A painting or woodworking project is easier once the groundwork has been laid.

Make your projects ready to start

Finding a stretch o free time is hard. All you might have are fragments of time throughout your day. One strategy to increase learning is to regularly pursue at least one task or project that is speculative. It should be something outside of the range of your current abilities in an area you find interesting. It could be a new technical skill, leadership role, or exploring a different type of client or industry.

Take on work projects beyond your current level

If you care about learning, build it into your social circle. Discussion groups can come in many forms. For example, you can organize a group among friends interested in a topic or join pre-existing groups on services like Meetup to discuss topics of interest.

Cultivate friends with shared interests

Many skills have a forbidding eputation. We want to learn a programming language but writing coe is a grind. A method known as pretraining can break down the difficulty of these pursuits.<ol><li>Master the basics so that applying the new skill becomes much smoother.</li><li>Flashcards can help to memorize syntax and commands to make your next project easier.</li></ol>

Fill time fragments with flashcards

Reading before you sleep is a great way to expand your learning time. Books that require mental effort will also more quickly put you to sleep. Pick a book you've always wanted to read and keep it at your bedside, such as a classic work of fiction or a challenging nonfiction book.

Have a “stretch” book by your bedside

How do you learn more in a busy life? Follow these seven habits to increase the amount of learning, without overwhelming your schedule.

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You’re Never Too Good for the Basics - Scott H Young

Knock on wood Definition & Meaning

The Co-Founder of Duolingo on Tim Ferriss

Maximize Your Learning Time with These Seven Habits - Scott H Young

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