What did you learn today?
Michael Dubin suggests that at the end of each day you should ask yourself what did I learn today? And how can I deploy it? -Michael Dubin Continue reading What did you learn today?
Tag: Learning
Periods of learning should be about 90mins
That will include 5-10mins of warm-up. But for the middle of that bout of learning, you should be able to maintain focus for about an hour or so. For that period, remove all other distractions. But the real secret is that neuralplasticity doesn’t occur during wakefulness, it occurs during sleep. The learning will occur in the next 2-3 nights and then you should have acquired that knowledge forever. That’s why you should end that 90mins of focus with a period of NSDR (Non Sleep Deep Rest) for about 20mins. That could be naps that are less than 90mins. How to … Continue reading Periods of learning should be about 90mins
Using visual focus to increase attention and learning.
Spending just 60 to 120 seconds focusing your gaze on a small window of your screen, it doesn’t only increase your visual acuity for that thing, but it also increase your attention. As we get more tired, we blink more. You should practice not blinking as a way to increase your focus. Blinks actually reset our perception of time and space. The more you can do this, the more you can maintain a cone of mental focus. How to focus to change your brain, Huberman Lab, 60mins. Continue reading Using visual focus to increase attention and learning.
In six months from now, will you be happy to have started doing this today?
That’s the way to think about starting boring stuff. Some projects have wonderful long-term results but because these are long-terms, they are pushed back. For example, blogging is a great example. You won’t see results today, but in 6months or a year from now, you’ll be so happy to have written this article when you’re in the google snippets. Same thing for fitness. Sam Parr, My First Million Continue reading In six months from now, will you be happy to have started doing this today?
Would you still be interested in learning this if you couldn’t tell anyone?
That’s how you know you actually want to learn it and you don’t want to learn it just to sound smart or to look like the smartest in the room. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 2h03mins Continue reading Would you still be interested in learning this if you couldn’t tell anyone?
Memorize stuff is the worst thing, you can do. You need to understand it. A good way to do so is to articulate it in writing or talking.
There are gaps in thinking where you make leaps. Because youère kind to yourself. But you don’t know you’re making those. But when you’re forced to write it down, or to articulate it, or talk to somebody, you have to complete those gaps and make it a logical chain. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 1h32mins Continue reading Memorize stuff is the worst thing, you can do. You need to understand it. A good way to do so is to articulate it in writing or talking.
Roadmap to Billions 