Last week I did a post on mistakes learners make. One of the biggest? Believing a subject is intrinsically boring. When you’ve decided something you have to learn is boring, that makes every attempt to learn it harder. You’ll want to study boring subjects less. Worse, when you do study, you’ll remember less. Our brains […]
The 7 Most Common Learner Mistakes
I write a lot about how to learn things better. In doing so, I get a lot of emails from readers attempting to learn anything from biology to basketball. I also see a lot of common mistakes people make which make it harder to learn. In this article I wanted to share some of the […]
How I’m Learning Spanish
I’m reaching the halfway point in Spain, the first of four countries, in my year without speaking English. I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on what I’ve been doing to learn Spanish, what’s worked well and what hasn’t. I want to stress that this article is intended to be descriptive rather than prescriptive. […]
You Don’t Need to Be Rich to Travel
Matt Kepnes shares his best tips on how to travel the world for less than $50 a day.
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