5 mental skills school never taught you (that will make you a better thinker and a better learner)👇
1. Critical thinking.
Most people go through their entire lives learning only how to parrot other people's ideas, not how to have their own.
But the world is a conversation, not a chorus.
Your job isn't to memorize what someone else thinks. It's to draw your own conclusions.
Most people go through their entire lives learning only how to parrot other people's ideas, not how to have their own.
But the world is a conversation, not a chorus.
Your job isn't to memorize what someone else thinks. It's to draw your own conclusions.
2. How to formulate good questions.
With information everywhere, your barrier to access becomes your ability to ask good questions.
A well-phrased google query can unlock any information you need.
But you have to know how to be specific about the knowledge you seek.
With information everywhere, your barrier to access becomes your ability to ask good questions.
A well-phrased google query can unlock any information you need.
But you have to know how to be specific about the knowledge you seek.
3. Information synthesis > data retention.
We grow up thinking memorized facts = knowledge.
But, we live in an information-rich world. We don't need to be walking encyclopedias. We need to know how to *use* knowledge.
Synthesizing ideas >>> rote memorization.
We grow up thinking memorized facts = knowledge.
But, we live in an information-rich world. We don't need to be walking encyclopedias. We need to know how to *use* knowledge.
Synthesizing ideas >>> rote memorization.
4. How to vet ideas and takes.
Information is overwhelmingly accessible. Anyone can go viral.
But, everyone has bias, and reach =/= quality.
Learning to reverse engineer *how* someone came to a conclusion is important, so you can decide what you agree with- and what you don't.
Information is overwhelmingly accessible. Anyone can go viral.
But, everyone has bias, and reach =/= quality.
Learning to reverse engineer *how* someone came to a conclusion is important, so you can decide what you agree with- and what you don't.
5. Tools for thinking.
Mental models, first principles thinking, and other tools for critical reasoning are incredibly valuable.
We grow up being taught *what* to think, not *how* to think.
But success is actually derived from good thinking practices.
Mental models, first principles thinking, and other tools for critical reasoning are incredibly valuable.
We grow up being taught *what* to think, not *how* to think.
But success is actually derived from good thinking practices.
Information in the 21st century is everywhere. Anyone can become well-educated, on their own.
But school isn't teaching us how.
Fortunately, you don't need school to learn. Follow @rebelEducator for more ideas on education.
But school isn't teaching us how.
Fortunately, you don't need school to learn. Follow @rebelEducator for more ideas on education.
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