I write about learning how to learn, cognitive science-based study methods and my experience learning 6 languages (from Portuguese to Mandarin Chinese)
How to automatically understand and remember anything.
Yes, what I hinted at in the subject line is possible…
But only if you let go of the conventional approaches to learning…
Which are: Aiming to understand and memorize.
Instead, you should focus on evaluating, creating or analyzing right away.
Your brain will immediately take care of the rest.
Simply try it out when you learn next time… it will be challenging, and perhaps you’ll be wrong about a couple things, but that’s the way to learn.
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Hi! I'm Dominic Zijlstra, polyglot and edtech entrepreneur
I write about learning how to learn, cognitive science-based study methods and my experience learning 6 languages (from Portuguese to Mandarin Chinese)
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