Accelerated Learning

  1. Toolkit

Mind mapping

Pomodoro

25min, short break. 4 cycles then long break

Mandatory break

Protect pomodoro

Unit is indivisible

Speed reading myths

Faster comprehension

  1. Active reading

6 questions framework to form a purpose of reading: what why who when where how

What this book about?

What do I already know?

My main obj?

Why author write this book?

How will I learn?

  1. Search for big ideas
  1. Create mental models

Abstract explanation of how sth works in a physical world

  1. Sum idea into your own words
  1. reading every words
  1. slow = better comprehension
  1. faster = lower comprehension
  1. Preparation
  1. Deconstruction
  1. Skill Acquisition
  1. Mastering the Skill

How to read a book in one hour

  1. Understand the book (10min)

Use 6 questions framework

Front and back

Table of content

subtitle, chart, graph

  1. Pre-read the book (20min)

Purpose: Search the big ideas and create mental models before start reading

How to : Only read the 1st sentence of each section

if it answers any of the questions, u can read the entire paragraph

Don't skip the summary and questions at the end of chapter

Can start outline in mindmap

  1. Read and map (30min)

Purpose: look for answers for ur questions

Anticipate learning

10x more efficient, cause you hunt for the answer

Skim at the comfortable pace, **don't read the entire paragraph (read only what's important to you)

Bookmark

Swap between mind map and the book

One skills at a time

Human can't multi tasking but actually multi switching

3 Stages of skill acquisition

Cognitive -> Associative -> Autonomous -> Then you can progress to next skill

Set a minimum viable goal (MVG)

"we overestimate what we can accomplish in a week and underestimate what we can do in a year" - Bill Gates

U acquire skills in iteration, not everything in one go.

Goals are milestone, not the destination

Desired outcome of the goal?

Break a goal into multiple MVGs

Critical tools

MoSCoW Bucket

  1. Must Have Bucket
  1. Should Have
  1. Could Have
  1. Won't Have

Create milestones. When reach the milestone, will get the item from the next bucket (also act as a reward)

Mind Contrasting

Think positive isn't always good, why?

Blind optimism -> relaxation complacency -> subconscious mind de-energize -> reduce goal commitment and attainment

  • Dr. Gabriele Oettingen

How to practice?

  1. Think abt ur goal
  1. Visualize urself practice it
  1. Think abt obstacles
  1. Set the focus on biggest obstacles (practice it, more detail is better)

Ritual

Should be simple, fun, straightforward, but non-negotiable

95% of our behavior is habitual, only 5 is conscious

Bring behavior into subconscious auto habit -> create flow state

"The more exciting challenge and the greater the pressure, the more rigorous our rituals need to be." - The Power of Full Engagement

e.g. Wake up early, todo list at the end of the day, get reward when finish a project

Ritual can't get us the result but set us up to the best possibility of success

Find the right mentors

"U are the average of the five ppl u spend the most time with" - Jim Rohn

Ask mentor a navigation not step-by-step roadmap

Give first before asking for help

  1. Research

Motive: Get bird's eye view of what u r abt to learn

The more confused, the faster learning

  1. Identify mental models

Connect the brain to what u already know

Create a mindmap

Create the model before u learn the subject (no need to complete)

  1. Sub-skills

Break the complex skill into sub-skills, then identify most important sub-skills

Steps

  1. skim e.g. table of content
  1. learn one sub skill at a time
  1. figure out critical sub skill for target performance
  1. remove sub skill that's not contribute performance

1-10 score, remove below 7 sub skills

  1. Learn vs Practice

3 Forms of learning

  1. Learning
  1. Skill Acquisition
  1. Practicing a skill

learning is very important, it helps self correct as you plan and practice e.g. body training + nutrition & exercise principle learning

Celebrate small wins

jar of awesome

Feedback Loop

Intrinsic Feedback

For late stage learners

Extrinsic Feedback

= self-evaluation :of the performance e.g. sound of the piano, smell of cooking

For early stage learners

2 forms

Knowledge of results

Knowledge of performance

Compared to baseline of the goal e.g. how many mile to run

Quality of execution of the skills e.g. hand movement, golf swing

Use software to help track fast feedback loop

e.g. Video Record or app like Jefit

Steps

  1. list subskills and set their MVGs
  1. Set progress of each sub skills
  1. Set small wins

Deliberate practice

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