7 Must-Know Strategies to Learn Anything Faster by Scott Young

Summary

• A short and concise book on proven methods to increase the effectiveness of learning

How I discovered it

• I have followed his website for a while especially his attempts to learn complex subjects like an MIT course in theoretical physics in a short period of time. He offers this book and a few others for free on the site.

How the book changed me

• Multiple ways that I would like to implement to improve my learning:
  • I plan to set constraints and specific plans on my learning
  • Work on removing distractions from my learning periods

Details

• Constraints help learn better
• Eliminate distractions to learn something new
• Learn actively more effective than passive learning
• Have quicker feedback loops
• Processing more important than motivation for remembering information

Related

• The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition Advanced Methods to Learn Remember and Master New Skills Information and Abilities

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