I accidentally stumbled upon an interesting blog post on how to learn anything faster. This is a good excuse to document my learning process.
In short, it advised us to use these 9 this for learning:
Sharpen The Axe
It’s About the Meta Learning
Do some research on the topic you want to learn, usually other people has done it before.
Methods used for personal knowledge management
- Zettelkasten
- Knowledge management methods by storing small information stored in paper slip or cards.
- PARA Method
- Project, Area, Resource, Archive.
Also I don’t intend to fully use this as a personal knowledge management. I’m more into the second brain part of the system, organizing digital information, including notes and files.
For now I’m using the tool that I’ve known for a while, Org-Roam.
Use Crutches to Optimise Focus
Do It Actively
5-minutes Rule
- work it for 5 minutes.
- stop it if you don’t want to do it anymore. Perhaps re-evaluate the first tips?
Remove distraction
Find Opportunities for Immersion
We learn best when we’re in the environment where we’re actually going to be using the skill.
Figure Out Your Weak Links
Focus on drills to improve them.
Test Yourself
Active Recall
We actually learn, counterintuitively, by trying to take stuff out of our brains.