Building superlearning training habits

We often compare brain training to physical exercise. In this sense I find this and his articles useful. I will try to adapt their points to what we do.

Starting small

When trying to learn superlearning skillset (and the skillset involves many different skills) it is crucial to transform practice into a habbit. The first 2 weeks or 20 hours are especially important. During this time, there is a need in instant gratification. Do not try to do the hard stuff head-on: view TED links, read a couple of blog posts, play a couple of games as long as you gain levels. Visualization is relatively very rewarding and immediate skill to master. Start with this fun stuff to feel good with yourself. Do not allow self-doubt to kick in: we had many students, and you are in better shape than most of them in several important ways.

Building a ritual

Try to ritualize the way you exercise. Not any particular exercise, because they change quite often but the whole environment: time of the day, location, mindset, the order in which you do reading exercise, play game and read theoretical posts. You need to add superlearning to your comfort zone. This will reduce the stress and excitement, but increase your persistence, and persistence is the key to success.

Stack up skills

We build the superlearning path in a way that each skill stack ups on others. It is best to have a solid foundation. If you feel that you constantly fail with some skill, most probably some other student already reported similar experience and got a workaround answer. Try to avoid using too many workarounds, but do not be shy to use one or two workarounds if you need. I do not believe that this is cheating. The skillset stack looks a bit unclear at first, because of its complexity. Do not worry though, it was thoroughly tested and if you persist it will be crystal clear for you.

Habits first results later

We do measure almost everything. The training results can be plotted. Do not expect it to be solidly rising graph. When you build up a new skill all older skills get some beating for a short period. And you can have good days and bad days. There are many dimensions to superlearning and with the time you will get better in each of them. However if I see you messaging me after getting a bad score in some quiz (its score is for your eyes only!) I understand that your priorities are wrong.

Progressive overload

I think Jonathan covered this extensively in our course. The complexity of the tasks you do rises over the course. Occasionally the new tasks will seam impossible to you, so allow your brain to adapt and do not get alarmed. Brain adaptation may require several hours stretch along several days, so be parient.

Healthy environment

It is best if you are healthy, eat good food, walk at least 20 min a day, work-out and meditate. You do not need to do all of those to success. You do however need to take regular breaks.
It is important if people around you support your goal. You can use our Facebook page as support group. I do suggest you to be active, even if you are somewhat embarrassed of our language skills and do not want to look stupid – these fears are shared by all normal people.

Reward yourself

Each time you reach your personal goal, reward yourself. Find a reward suitable to situation: a funny site, coffee and energy bar work for me. You can shout your achievement on our Facebook page (at least until we have a dedicated area) and you can show-off with your friends, just remember nobody loves a smart-ass (try to be humble).