Studying isn’t one task, it’s many. You may need to memorize facts or just understand the basics. You might need a broad conceptual base, or just skills. To add even more variety, each person has different learning styles and preferences. No one tool is the right one. But with fifty here, you’re bound to find […]
Archives for September 2007
The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes
Starting anything new involves mistakes. Tons of them, if you plan on being good. Although you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, there are a few that often go ignored. These mistakes accompany the first phase of anything and it is easy to repeat them in everything new that you do. I don’t claim […]
Friday Links 07-09-07
From the Web How to Learn More and Study Less – An article I did for ZenHabits on Holistic Learning. Made the front pages of Digg, Delicious, Reddit and got a lifehacker mention. 18 Ways to Invest in Life – Part of my column at lifehack.org Overcoming Jealousy – An interesting article by Steve Pavlina […]
Social Courage: How to Meet New People
Meeting new people is easy. At least it should be. I just got back to my University residence where I spent part of the first day knocking on random doors and meeting the new residents. I’ve probably met over a hundred new people in the last few days. But while meeting new people doesn’t appear […]
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