This is probably what everyone has been waiting for, but do remember that this alone doesn’t work without the other two. To repeat the 3 practical insights from this article: You can only encode what you can pay attention to. You can only retrieve what you’ve encoded. The rate at…

We all want understanding, not memorization alone. We don’t want blind regurgitation because it makes us feel like impostors. This is great because understanding something makes retrieval easier. After all, coherent information is much easier to remember than a series of disconnected facts. …

If you look back on the memory model we talked about in a previous lesson, you’ll find that freeing up your attention is the first step to learning. To summarize the insights from it: You can only encode what you can pay attention to. You can only retrieve what you’ve…

Ever Studied for an exam so hard that you didn’t expect a low score, and still ended up getting one ? What Went Wrong ? Well, I’ll tell you what went wrong with me, at least: I thought I was a slow learner, so I thought that using study hacks…

So here’s my take. I believe that it’s better to prevent avoidable problems — especially downward spirals like getting your work ethic destroyed — whenever possible. In other words: Prevent failing in the first place; and Counteract what’s making you lose the work ethic when you do fail So the…

The moment we realize that memorizing every detail is impractically hard and that understanding is pretty much where the gold is at — we’re instantly faced with one question: How the heck do I do that? It’s simply by three steps: Deconstructing the concept’s major ideas Analyzing each idea; and …

When people value their attention and energy, they become valuable. The thing is, we can only do rare and valuable work when we pay attention to our attention. (Let’s call that paying meta-attention.) Only when you pay meta-attention can you become more productive, more informed, make smarter decisions, and see…

When you try to find advice online about “understanding what you learn”, you’ll get all sorts of answers like “use analogies” or “teach others” or “give examples”. However, for most people, they’re bad advice. What do I mean? You could 100% create analogies without fully understanding something. You can teach…

Earlier, I was able to tell you earlier how tool-first thinking causes you to waste even more time. This time, I want you to see how you can able to see things the same way as me. To help me with that, I’ll need the credibility power of two experts…