Jotting is all about questioning — all about making sure the idea on the paper is worthy of being written down. If anything, questioning is building of creativity, like going to the gym to build muscle. The more questions you ask, the more relations you build between data points (’How is A related to B?’……
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Point out the Problem
Also relates to : Asking better questions List out all the things happening in the area you’re working on Question every point to ask what’s going on Do you know what is the reason for that point to exist? List down your problems As many as you can, I’d say at least 20 points, maybe……
Notes and Notetaking
Taking notes while learning is two things — noting down interesting points and free-writing where I’m just writing down what I’ve learnt. Write drunk, edit sober. You can always remove stuff after writing it down, but once forgotten, it’s hard to remember again. I’ve probably deleted 99% of my notes because they were irrelevant later.……
Memory and Creativity
Memory techniques like mnemonics and memory palace help. However, it is important to learn the context and be creative to use the data effectively. Spaced repetition to make memory of a data point more solid. Interleave to reduce connections related to the order of learning (like B comes after A, tell me what comes before……
LEARNING
How to Learn
What can I say?
A Poem
Cruisin’ Blue
Row hard
Dreamy Girls
A Poem
The FIG Method [Part I]
TL;DR: File–Image–Glue is all you need to remember anything!
Skeleton Framework of a Language [Part II]
TL;DR: Use tons of examples and analogies with memorable stories. Give the appropriate weight to different parts.
TREATISE BLUE
From a deep slumber, I woke up to the rustle in the shrubs behind. It was deep into the night. Probably. The trees grew to cover the sky up, barely any hint of the sky. The dew started building up on the grass below me letting me know with every step I took. I walked……
Sunshine; Moonlight
A Poem
24/30-1.4 [Discourse on Courses]
BITS has a unique curriculum. For the first year, every student has to take the same courses. Generic courses spread across the subjects like physics, math, biology, chemistry, computer science, mechanical engineering and writing too! And for the second year, we have to take either economics or management science as a course and three humanities……
24/30-1.3 [Shooting Ventures]
One lonely Saturday night, after getting chai and vada with my friend, covering 20k steps in the scorching sun and watching stunning filipino performances in a scant shade, I was peacefully watching TV in the cold, dark room. My friend calls me checking in if I’m still alive. I assure him regardless of shriveling and……
24/30-1.2 [Coaching Ventures]
I am a nervous system – very nervous, all the time. What do I want to do? What do I feel? When to push? vs. When to take a step back? It’s always a great question to ask. This needs an answer from within you and that leads to another question — how to know……