Most of us made it through 12 years of school without ever learning how to learn.
But learning is the highest-leverage skills you can have.
8 habits to make you a top 1% learner:
But learning is the highest-leverage skills you can have.
8 habits to make you a top 1% learner:
1. Use active recall.
Most of us learn something, say “wow, that’s cool!” and then promptly forget.
To anchor information, you have to re-access it.
Make it a point to use what you learn. Discover a cool new term like alpenglow? Use it the next time you’re describing a sunset.
Most of us learn something, say “wow, that’s cool!” and then promptly forget.
To anchor information, you have to re-access it.
Make it a point to use what you learn. Discover a cool new term like alpenglow? Use it the next time you’re describing a sunset.
2. Use memory hacks like spaced repetition.
Spaced repetition is a scientifically-based method for retaining information.
It strengthens neural pathways by re-accessing information - at strategic intervals to maximize memory strength.
Spaced repetition is a scientifically-based method for retaining information.
It strengthens neural pathways by re-accessing information - at strategic intervals to maximize memory strength.
2. Teach what you learn.
Teaching what you learn helps you:
a) find gaps in your learning (you have to fully understand to teach), and
b) retain (because explaining is an anchoring mechanism)
You don’t have to be an expert to be helpful to someone one step behind you.
Teaching what you learn helps you:
a) find gaps in your learning (you have to fully understand to teach), and
b) retain (because explaining is an anchoring mechanism)
You don’t have to be an expert to be helpful to someone one step behind you.
4. Learn by doing.
Learning from a textbook is standard practice, but learning by doing is far better.
Instead of just reading about copywriting, try your hand at it.
It’s the best way to actually build a skill.
Learning from a textbook is standard practice, but learning by doing is far better.
Instead of just reading about copywriting, try your hand at it.
It’s the best way to actually build a skill.
5. Make writing part of your learning process.
Writing is one of the most effective ways to sharpen and clarify your thinking.
It’s also great for retention — if you write it down, you’re more likely to remember.
Write blog posts, essays, Twitter threads. Share as you learn!
Writing is one of the most effective ways to sharpen and clarify your thinking.
It’s also great for retention — if you write it down, you’re more likely to remember.
Write blog posts, essays, Twitter threads. Share as you learn!
6. Learn out loud. Use the world as your guide and your peer review board.
You don’t have to be an expert to share what you’re learning.
Sharing will help you
a) retain information, and
b) discover gaps in your learning that you can go fill
You don’t have to be an expert to share what you’re learning.
Sharing will help you
a) retain information, and
b) discover gaps in your learning that you can go fill
7. Learn to the task.
Let’s face it — we remember things best when they’re useful to us.
Proactive knowledge is cool, but practical knowledge is better.
Learn things that are directly or tangentially useful to you, instead of what seems “maybe useful someday.”
Let’s face it — we remember things best when they’re useful to us.
Proactive knowledge is cool, but practical knowledge is better.
Learn things that are directly or tangentially useful to you, instead of what seems “maybe useful someday.”
8. Make Google your best friend.
School taught us that a teacher is the fount of knowledge.
But the world is changing. Everything you could ever want to know is a Google search away.
Run a search. Go down a rabbit hole. You can go far with the resources at your fingertips.
School taught us that a teacher is the fount of knowledge.
But the world is changing. Everything you could ever want to know is a Google search away.
Run a search. Go down a rabbit hole. You can go far with the resources at your fingertips.
To be effective at life, you have to be a lifelong learner.
The tl;dr of how to start:
Use active recall
Use scientific memory hacks
Teach what you learn
Learn by doing
Write
Learn out loud
Learn to the task
Make Google your bests friend
The tl;dr of how to start:
Use active recall
Use scientific memory hacks
Teach what you learn
Learn by doing
Write
Learn out loud
Learn to the task
Make Google your bests friend
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