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SLMC - Environment, Habits, and Application (Section 10: Applying Your New…
SLMC - Environment, Habits, and Application
Section 9: Good Learning Habits
How Working in New Environments Makes You More Productive
When we enter new places, our brains are primed for heightened senses and sharper thinking.
When we enter a new place, the locus coerullious (sp), normally a major neuroepinephrine source, floods the CA3 region of the hippocampus. This helps us memorize new locations and puts us in a prime state to receive stimulus.
New and exciting places provide new and exciting stimuli
this can inspire us
new and unique ways of thinking
"If you change the inputs, you change the outputs"
They DON'T allow us to get too comfortable or distracted by the usual suspects
Environment plays a huge role in learning and productivity
Can't (and shouldn't) necessarily do this all the time.
How to Use Kindle and Evernote for Spaced Repetition
Kindle/E-Reader
Use highlighting effectively
If you highlight everything, you might as well re-read
Highlight markers
Action Items
Go through highlights using the "notebook" feature
or export them
clip the "article" of highlights to Evernote
Then highlight the most relevant highlights (if desired)
read.amazon.com/notebook
Kindle has a "Flashcard" feature
Could also put highlights into Anki if strong memory is desired
An App to Automate Spaced Repetition from Books
Readwise.io
Can sign in with Amazon to automatically connect to Kindle
Can connect to many other apps as well
Can also input popular highlights/notes from physically read books, as well.
Sends you daily newsletter with reviews, recommendations, etc.
readwise.io/superlearner - 30 day trial
Section 10: Applying Your New Skills to Anything and Everything
Learning One Thing at a Time vs. Jumping from Subject to Subject
Jonathan suggests jumping around
The more we learn, the more we are able to learn
Linking new memories to existing memories creates stronger memories, so having more base memories creates more possible links
The more diverse and varied our knowledge, the more potential anchors for novel information
Interference
Really, this isn't an issue. Learning similar topics again creates more interconnections
Capacity
You'll never run out of "space" for new memories
Many famous people were able to contribute uniquely to their field because of diverse learning backgrounds
What about focus?
Sometimes, prioritization is necessary
Take advantage of moments of motivation and drive to follow a learning passion
Remember Malcolm Knowles
Asking the Right Questions and the Socratic Method
How do we ask the right questions?
Open-ended questions force the other person to explain on their terms vs.on the terms we need.
Socratic Method
Questions are asked in a methodical fashion, challenging assumptions and truisms.
Create assumptions, then clarify them.
Simplify into yes/no questions, or short answers. Format the answer into our own frame.
Remember Pareto's law - what is important?
SuperLearning by Video or Audio
"Video Speed Controller" Chrome extension
Remember to pause and create markers, review, recall, etc. - SQ3R still applies...well, 2/3 Rs...
Overcast - podcasts on iOS
Podcasts
Overcast - iOS
Podcast Addict - Android
Also CastBox
Tailoring the Skills
Tailoring the Skills: Learning Languages
Books/Sites
Tim Ferriss
Tower of Babblefish
Book - Title?
Benny Lewis - Fluent in 3 Months
Main Points
Top 600-1000 most frequent words
Use visual/sensory markers to remember sounds and/or meanings
Cannot just try to link one group of sounds (native word) to another (foreign word) - very weak
Ban(n thingy)o
If you have an accident while looking for the bathroom, they might ban you (bano)
Caber - to fit
Cab - Taxi Cab
Bear - Bear (just a bear...)
Bears have trouble fitting in cabs
Speak your new language
ASAP!!
Making mistakes gives immediate feedback, creates motivation, etc.
Creates Stakes (DiSSS)
Use Anki and upload movie screenshots (with subtitles in target language) into the software for context.
Never Forget a Name or Face
First rule: actually pay attention and listen to their name
Repeat their name as soon as possible.
DO NOT repeat the name over and over, but connect it to something (markers...)
Use visual markers of other people with the same name, or a fictional character, or a story protagonist
Dense Materials or Textbooks
Increase pre-reading investment
use figures, photos, diagrams, etc. as preliminary markers
Carefully read side boxes, definitions, etc.
Try to pick up new vocabulary at this time
Ask many questions
Watch for signifiers of potentially new vocabulary
Bottom-up approach
Think about real-world application of the material
How could I teach someone else?
It's OK to slow down with dense or novel material.
Formulas for Math and Science
These are more about being able to use and apply information
intrinsically
. We need to be able to use them.
The most important part about formulas are
how
they work and what each part means.
Brute force learning beats motivation issues
Process
Divide the formula into parts (chunking)
Make a story as to how the parts work together
Provide a cool example, contextualize
Dual-Code
Shapes
Colors
Sounds
Medical Information
Memorizing muscles, ligaments, bones, veins, etc.
Creating markers
VIVID
Dual encoding
Link to existing knowledge
However possible
Memorizing muscles of the hips
Incorporate these markers into a memory palace
Structure by function
Kitchen for stomach
Bedroom for reproduction
Office for Brain
Memorizing protocols/guidelines
Generate meaningful terminology
Remember specific scenarios
Use mindmaps extensively
Color coding?
Lean on existing (fundamentals) information
Search for others' mnemonics
Generate a strong sense of purpose, emotional meaning, and significance
Brute force - get test cases as often as possible.
Templates for Legal Information
Use stories to your advantage
Recognizing and using templates
Standard forms/contracts
What will happen if or when?
Mindmaps
Can be VERY extensive
Chunk information together as much as possible
Look for unusual or new formulations/numbers
Sometimes, reading legalese aloud is necessary
Deconstructing Physical Skills
MUST deconstruct it into smaller parts
80/20
Make smaller circles - Waitzkin
Focus on the most important elements first
Watch others
Whether successful or not
Mirror neurons actually fire off when we watch others perform an action - which fires off the proper neurons, and Hebbs Law applies
Build up strength with progressive overload if strength is a limiting factor
it often isn't
Visualization
Visualizing yourself performing the movement - see Mirror Neurons above, it is a very similar concept.
This is almost as effective as actually practicing
Lucid Dreaming can also perform this
Music Theory and the Circle of Fifths
Memory Palace
You can use a square room as your MP (or a circular one if you have one) and place the markers like a clock around the perimeter
Link the Keys to markers
Memorize the Hiragana (Or Any Other Writing System ) in Minutes
Plan ahead and structure learning
How do I want to organize this info?
Do I want to know it in a specific order or based on specific criteria?
Again,use strong markers and place in a memory palace
the Japanese "hee" example - "I think you mean 'he'"
Memorize Polyatomic Ions and Other Scientific or Mathematical Formula
Chlorate
= Chlorine, don't eat the chlorine (chlorate), three clear balls (O2) in the chlorine dispenser
Plan structure of memory palace, how do you want to access this info?