Hey,<\/p>\n
In this email:<\/p>\n
1. The importance of knowing how to learn
\n2. Inventing new learning tactics
\n3. New implementation guides<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
The Difference Between Knowledge and Knowing How to Learn<\/p>\n
One of the principles I try to teach in this course is that learning
\nis not a mystical task that you either “get” or you don’t. Rather,
\nthere are specific strategies you can use, that work with your
\nmental hardware that make learning anything a whole lot easier.<\/p>\n
All of the tactical implementation guides, videos and books I offer
\nhere are designed to help you with that problem–once you know what
\nneeds to be learned, how do you know how to actually learn it?<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
The problem is that learning tasks are incredibly varied. Beyond
\nvague and rather unhelpful advice to just “link ideas together” and
\n“practice tough problems”, the key to learning success comes from
\nrecognizing types of problems and devising strategies to handle
\nthem.<\/p>\n
I offer these tactics in this program, but perhaps a more valuable
\nskill isn’t just the tactics themselves–but knowing how to create
\nyour own tactics. That way if you encounter a learning challenge
\nthat I haven’t covered in the now dozens of guides and videos, you
\ncan still learn it rapidly.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
How to Invent Your Own Learning Tactics<\/p>\n
Most of the tactics I cover in these guides are manifestations of
\na few universal principles of learning. The universal principles
\nare somewhat obvious, but with practice you can learn to apply them
\nto almost any situation.<\/p>\n
A few of those principles include:<\/p>\n
1. Ideas are remembered by being linked to other ideas
\n2. Analogy and simplicity are the root of understanding
\n3. Practice is most effective on difficult, yet solvable problems
\n4. Vividness improves memory<\/p>\n
There are many others, and I devote the first full half of my book
\nto exploring some of these general principles.<\/p>\n
The key to developing your own learning tactics is to:<\/p>\n
A) Define the learning challenge
\nB) Manifest the general principles in a way that will efficiently
\nand effectively handle that challenge<\/p>\n
Although doing an extensive amount of research has been a part, this
\nprocess of “inventing” specific methods from universal principles is
\nhow I’ve been able to write so many tactical guides on the process.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Reaching a mastery level, where you can see the structure of a
\nlearning challenge, and quickly develop a set of specific methods to
\nhandle it may take time. (In the mean time, I’m always happy to
\noffer advice)<\/p>\n
However, you can start practicing by learning the universal
\nprinciples and asking yourself questions about whatever challenge
\nyou face.<\/p>\n
Ask yourself questions like:<\/p>\n
1. Am I learning ideas or skills?
\n2. Am I learning concepts or facts?
\n3. Do I need quantity or quality?
\n4. Do I need quick association or creative thinking?
\n5. Do I need solutions or better questions?<\/p>\n
All these sorts of questions can expose what kind of methods will
\nwork well and which will be slow and inefficient.<\/p>\n
Using the peg method for remembering formulas, when there are only
\n4-5 formulas in the class and they are provided with the exam is
\nwasteful. Since the peg method creates quick, shallow associations.<\/p>\n
However, using deep linking, visceralization or the 5-year old
\nmethod may be superior, offering deeper understandings.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
Apply First Method and Constructing Mental Highways<\/p>\n
Those are the two new implementation guides for this month, and you
\ncan grab them under CONTENT and MONTH 10.<\/p>\n
The apply-first method shows a strategy I’ve used to learn things
\nmore deeply by learning them backwards than the order they are
\nnormally taught.<\/p>\n
The second section talks about how you can build creative links
\nbetween ideas to foster inventive thinking and lateral intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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