A random rant about how I don’t like working hard, yet I do it anyway…
Category: Learning
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On Familiarity
When getting comfortable is more important than forcing yourself!
Learning and Emotions
From LEARNING (1.), it’s easy to see the heavy emotional aspect of learning — it’s easy to remember emotional events, hard to remember when stressed and it’s impossible to be purely mechanical with our thinking. It’s nothing close to rational as people like to say. Stress can make you forget things not only when learning……
On Being Curious
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?’……
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
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.
Asking better questions
As a Solutions Engineer, I sell software and show that the product I’m showcase is the right fit for the customer. The best way to do that is to ask more questions. For now, let’s take it by heart that asking questions leads to a higher credibility. Not only is it helpful for work, but……
How to Art?
A generic guide on how to get better at art 🙂
Learn like we write
I had a copywriting book like no other when I was in kindergarten. There were only two sides once you opened the book. Two sides! So coveted, my uncle asked for it when my cousin started to write. Unfortunately but obviously, it was trashed a while ago. Searching for a book like that was a……
My Cake theory of Skills
Baking and Learning