Learning

Return to what you once learned

From the science of learning we know that if you re-read something once a couple months, you will retain it and remember it.

Then, if you remember the content, you can revive the meaning of it and use it in a relevant situation, leading to a…

How fast can you turn pain into learning?

We fail sometimes. The more we do, the more we fail. The question is: can we turn it into learning? If so, how effectively?

Can we reflect while the failure is fresh and learn a lesson?

Getting to a variable understanding

In every system, there are key variables, concepts, and properties.

For instance, imagine you’re creating a garden.

You want to make sure that every season, something is blooming.

The superpower we all have

All our actions are directed by the mental circuits that we build. When we activate a specific circuit, a fat called myelin insulates the connections between neurons, making the electrical signal up to 3000x more efficient and precise. The more you activate a circuit (say by…

How can’t you lose?

When Elon Musk started SpaceX, he estimated the chance of it’s success to be about 40%. And he proceeded. Why? Because if it worked out, it would workout really really big, and if it didn’t at least he would have tried.

The wrong kind of testing

A common complaint from students is that there are too many tests.

I don’t think that’s true. Let me explain it.

The issue isn’t too much testing, but the wrong kind of testing.

Diagnosis vs. Yardstick

Who are you becoming?

We take many tests — personality tests, IQ tests, ability tests,… all offering to tell us who we are and in which group we belong.

“You’re a Gryffindor too, how wonderful, we are in the same house!”

Don’t isolate your thinking

We all have exactly one brain. We extend it with technologies like smartphones and computers, but in the end…

Focus for meaning, not happiness

Recently, I watched a interview with Ray Dalio, one of the world’s best financial minds. He talked about his focus on two things:

1. Meaningful work

2. Meaningful relationships