Some of our students point to Eyal Ophir’s work to demonstrate that multitasking is bad. While we do not argue with dangers of bad multitasking, we provide several concepts and training exercises that reduce the damage caused my multitasking. There is a big difference between true multitasking (e.g. dealing with several issues at the same …
Stress and productivity
Many of our students report strong ups and downs of their cognitive abilities. These variations may be attributed to several factors, one of this factors being stress. It has been shown that stress, especially chronic stress, reduces cognitive functions, including ability to remember things properly. For a superlearner this may well be a vicious cycle. …
Controlling dimensionality of your markers
When we discuss “visual markers” we address some objects that can be processed by the right hemisphere of one’s brain. In fact the distinction between the “left brain” and the “right brain” is not very clear, and visual markers take many forms. By controlling the dimensionality of your visualization you control a complex trade-off between …
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How to use negative time: saccade masking and microsleep
Managing pauses when we learn is an important skill nobody talks about. Below is a recommended superlearner strategy inspired by a discussion on our udemy course. Recently there was a very discussion on udemy (below) regarding small pauses we have when we learn. My personal opinion that we should use these pauses as one would …
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Nurturing creative curiosity
Creative curiosity is a driving force not only of superlearning but also mindfulness, positive thinking / happiness, successful career planning, personal finance management. Below are some practical ways to encourage creative curiosity and benefit from it in your life. Recently I read this article about generating curiosity as a way to increase IQ. The challenge …
When you should read slowly
When you mastered speedreading, slow reading is not an easy task. We describe the reasons for slow reading, the difficulties that rise when reading slowly and how to deal with them. Recently I read an article on reading slowly. Reading slowly is a hard task for superlearner. Suddenly you have all this time and nothing …
Attention to details and nature
There are many ways to train your visual accuracy and attention to details. If you want to maximize fun while training attention to details, try to find the mimicry and camouflage in nature. See for example gorgeous national geographic images or discovery channel photos. For experts, try to distinguish poisonous snakes, mushrooms and plants from …
Knowledge vs understanding
Recently I read this article about difference between knowledge and understanding. Superlearner value pyramid I am a bit obsessed about various forms of information and knowledge, so I hope you will not hate me for this short value pyramid: Type Meaning Superlearner term Wisdom Ability to use understanding properly to change the world around us …
Card exercise equivalent
If you need to do the “card” exercise on your computer, this is a valid alternative. Please move your mouse over the greenish bar to progress through the text. The larger the distance between blue and red line the faster the text goes… If the blue line is above the red line, the text stops. …
Accuracy and synesthesia
Comparing texts visually is difficult. We call upon synesthesia to help us. Each number/letter gets its own colour. Go ahead and find the differences! There is a good chance that after a while the number/colour or letter/colour association will become stronger and you will remember numbers like Daniel Tammet.
