Visualization, memory, reading and research skills
There are many ways speedreading can help a programmer. The first time I wished I could speedread was back in he year 2000, when I had to maintain a code of 1mil lines. Back then I could not speedread, and eventually could not fix all the problems I made in time. The product did not …
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Being a hero is not about success, it is about not giving up when facing difficulties. Half of the people taking this Superlearner course have been diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, or any other tag that society uses for people that are different. The superlearner students come from more than 100 countries, talk many languages …
When reading text we often generate placeholders within the text. While regular students use a marker to highlight the text and sticky notes to find the place within the text, it can be too slow and not very elegant for a superlearner. Instead we use mental placeholders. Apparently Anna and I developed the same methods …
Remembering names is kind of a must in any superlearning scenario. This is something I do not actively practice, so I delayed this post as much as possible. It is known that ability to remember names will help you in life. In Anna’s course there was a 2-hours module of remembering names, until at some …
Writing this blog is one of the hardest things I had to adhere to. When I was starting I went blank every time I needed to write a post. Very soon I started to search the course discussions for a good subject. Eventually the course went out of the good subjects. Then I took some …
There is a huge list of logical fallacies one can make. In fact one of our memory exercises focuses on them. The full list is too long to follow… How can we use our knowledge to fight our own fallacies? First of all we need to manage our attention. This is counter-intuitive. We are not …
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Identifying emotions and generating markers for emotions is an interesting exercise. 1. You develop EQ/mindfulness. 2. Personal markers dictionary for emotions may be a good test: which markers come to you automatically? 3. Emotional markers tend to be more creative and personal than logical, which is a cool training for the technocrats among us. 4. …
One of the best hacks we try to teach in our courses is harnessing the powers of unconscious. Here I outline three examples of doing this. Plus one We have discussed synaesthesia before. We train synaesthesia for making sense in complex environment. Unlike the regular definition of synaesthesia, recently I read a new interpretation: The …
I have never met Leon other than over Skype. Leon (not a true name) is a web designer (kind of) that took the Udemy course starting in spring 2014. In summer Leon wrote several passionate posts and personal mails to [email protected] regarding his reading speed and fluency with markers. Then he disappeared for a couple …
Learning new habits is hard. Self doubt and uncertainty may be debilitating. It is easier to find your way to success if you have a mentor. If you do not have a mentor, you can find a role model. We are living in a vibrant dynamic word, where our role in the society is determined …
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