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5 ACTIONABLE TIPS TO HELP YOU BECOME AN EXPERT ON ANY SUBJECT IN MINIMUM TIME
aka THE ULTIMATE THREAD TO LEARNING ANYTHING
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aka THE ULTIMATE THREAD TO LEARNING ANYTHING
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1. Get your hands dirty
The reason why we forget 90% of what we were taught in school is because memorisation is not learning.
The fastest way to learn is to have a stake in the outcome.
Risk is the switch that activates your learning brain.
The reason why we forget 90% of what we were taught in school is because memorisation is not learning.
The fastest way to learn is to have a stake in the outcome.
Risk is the switch that activates your learning brain.
2. Write about it
Writing forces you to think through what you've learned.
Just as your body needs time to digest food and absorb all the nutrients
The process of writing allows your brain to digest knowledge and absorb the wisdom.
Start writing https://gum.co/dumb-it-down/writer
Writing forces you to think through what you've learned.
Just as your body needs time to digest food and absorb all the nutrients
The process of writing allows your brain to digest knowledge and absorb the wisdom.
Start writing
https://gum.co/dumb-it-down/writer
3. Depth over width
The internet is the Utopian library we dreamed of.
The upside is we can learn about any topic we want to.
The downside is we treat content like an all you can eat buffet.
Instead of going deep on one topic, we pile up our plate with bookmarked tweets,
The internet is the Utopian library we dreamed of.
The upside is we can learn about any topic we want to.
The downside is we treat content like an all you can eat buffet.
Instead of going deep on one topic, we pile up our plate with bookmarked tweets,
podcasts, reading lists, articles, screencaps etc.
The size of your download folder does NOT equate to the size of your knowledge bank.
After you read a good book, don't just pick up another.
Watch interviews with the author.
Write a review of the book.
Explore the author's
The size of your download folder does NOT equate to the size of your knowledge bank.
After you read a good book, don't just pick up another.
Watch interviews with the author.
Write a review of the book.
Explore the author's
recommendations.
Give yourself to go down the rabbit holes the book takes you.
Be a specialist in a world of generalists and you will stand out as the expert.
Give yourself to go down the rabbit holes the book takes you.
Be a specialist in a world of generalists and you will stand out as the expert.
4. Attack the subject from all angles
Knowledge is best retained when you attack it from all angles.
Say you want to learn how to tell stories:
First you read about a technique from a book.
Then you read some good stories
Then you break down those stories into components
Knowledge is best retained when you attack it from all angles.
Say you want to learn how to tell stories:
First you read about a technique from a book.
Then you read some good stories
Then you break down those stories into components
Then you start writing your own stories
Then you start publishing your writing or telling stories to your friends.
In between those steps study storytelling in all its forms : written, oral, visual etc
Now you see stories EVERYWHERE.
Then you start publishing your writing or telling stories to your friends.
In between those steps study storytelling in all its forms : written, oral, visual etc
Now you see stories EVERYWHERE.
5. Have fun
At the end of the day learning should be fun.
As children we learned intuitively.
We were adventurers and explorers.
Then we went to school and university and entered the rat race and now learning feels like a chore.
Have fun and learning becomes effortless.
At the end of the day learning should be fun.
As children we learned intuitively.
We were adventurers and explorers.
Then we went to school and university and entered the rat race and now learning feels like a chore.
Have fun and learning becomes effortless.
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