Molson Hart

I had the obvious realization that spending a few hours on how to learn better would pay for itself in a week or two and then would pay enormous dividends over the course of my whole life. So...how do I learn to learn?

I actually haven't given this subject much thought yet, so this is a bit free-form/twitter diarrhea. Let's start with how not to learn because that's easier: - No drugs and alcohol. They'll just wipe out your memories and capacity to learn - No distractions. Focus!

- Just play, no practice. - Avoid people better than you - Avoid books (Hmm...what type of books?) - Don't reflect on what went wrong in the past - Be overconfident - Never approach your limit (your muscles must learn to lift that weight!) - Don't seek criticism, stay silent.

- Don't make an effort to retain what you've learned (a story for every nugget of wisdom, the feynman method, spacing etc...) - Don't identify root causes Okay...forgive the scatteredness of this tweet-whatever. I didn't prewrite it.

So, now let's try to flip this on it's head and come up with some rules/tactics to learn: 1. Avoid drugs and alcohol 2. When you're trying to learn something avoid distractions i.e. music with words 3. You cannot just play, you have to practice.

[What is practice in life though? I know what practice is in basketball, in chess, in talking to women, in public speaking, but what is practice in learning? In life? Help me out here]

4. Reflect on your mistakes. What are some errors that you have made in the past and why did you make them? Why did you not realize that you were making an error at the time and how could you have?

5. Find people who are better than you are at what you want to learn! In this particular instance, it would be much appreciated if such a person would appear and tell me how to learn. That'd make this easier. 6. Find books on the subject!