Visualization, memory, reading and research skills
As technological and scientific progress quickens, we constantly need to learn and unlearn new material. What should we learn? How should we unlearn? What remains unchanged? “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn” – Alvin Toffler. When we need …
All the knowledge in the world will not help you if you sabotage your own success.This article suggest a simple set of questions to check your ability to cope with challenges. When something unfortunate happens to me, it reminds me of all the other things wrong in my life, which adds to my unhappiness. Destructive …
This post poses a question: what kind of mental models are associated with genius? Develop a “hacker” mindset: possess some intellectual curiosity. Solve problems for fun. Fun is actually a very important recurring motive. If you do not enjoy what you do you cannot focus, get into “flow” and achieve an outstanding result. Eliminate, automate …
The students among us are always looking for a more effective way to study. There are many articles (compare with this) specifically addressing this need. You may also want to read these study tips. Here I want to review the basics from keytostudy perspective. Mindset matters. This is a big issue that can be broken …
Mental models are very useful for problem solving. Put simply, mental models are the set of tools that you use to think. Each mental model offers a different framework that you can use to look at life (or at an individual problem). Consider a toolbox: for every task there is a tool best suited for …
A large part of our progress has to do with improving our working memory processing. This post explains in detail what the working memory is. Below I will try to interpret it in simple terms related to our activities. Our memory uses several very fast and small buffers to work with various types of information: …
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Why should we train at all? It is well-known in professional circles that a good computer can already beat a great chess master. A computer can easily beat a polymath in Jeopardy game. he computers are so good in fooling humans, that for the last 10 years only a professional and experienced interrogator will know …
There is little point in reading fast unless you read a lot. Getting sucked into reading is simple and has to do with pleasure: Read the books that you enjoy reading. Enjoy the thought of reading the next book. Generate a list of stuff you would LOVE to read. Dive into reading for fun. Take …
Choosing your own personal style is hard, especially if you cannot afford 1:1 session with Anna. To help somewhat with this challenge one can use psychological typology as a guiding principle. For years the psychological typology has been measured for purposes of career selection using MBTI or big five OCEAN indicators. There is some correlation …
Working on your skills for a week or two is not very hard. However, to qualify for sufficient memorization and superlearning skills ~12 weeks of work are required. And once you finally qualify, this is simply a milestone in life-long learning career. This is very similar to sports. Many people are passionate during the first …
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