Some tips to get you going
- Practice or apply what you learn as often as you can.
- Successful learners acquire better skills by doing.
- Make it personal – choose content types and delivery system that works for you, then learning won’t become a chore.
- Start with why. What do you want to achieve? How will the new knowledge improve your life or career? What difference will it make to your future self? A bigger why gives you momentum.
- Deconstruct a challenging topic into sub-topics and learn just enough one day at a time.
- The same approach applies to learning a new skill — break it down. Most skills are a bundle of sub-skills. List them and know what you need to learn.
- Learn in short bursts (30 to 60 min) and then take a break.
- Find opportunities to teach what you learn (friends, family, vlogging, podcasting or blogging). You will not only develop a deeper understanding of the topic, but you will also remember 90% of what you learn.
- Build a feedback loop into your system.
- Find better ways to spot learning errors and redundancies and improve them when you can to accelerate your progress.
- Don’t learn the branches until you master the root.
- Once you understand the first principles of any topic, you can quickly master the details.
- Don’t rush to learn complex ideas until you build a firm foundation.
- Successful self-learning is unstructured. It’s personal and adaptable.
- There are no strict or universal rules. Make your own rules as you make progress.
Never stop learning. Never stop growing.
Old: Learn Learn Learn Do.
New: Learn Do, Learn Do, Learn Do.
Get going!
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