Stop Buying Another Course — Learn Anything Faster With This $0 Tool
The 6-step framework that will help you master any difficult subjects in 6 months.
2 years ago, I started my self-improvement journey.
I spent hours after hours watching self-help videos on YouTube.
But I didn’t see any positive change in my life. I was consuming content for the sake of consuming — not to become a better version of myself.
I thought I was being productive, but it was just another form of procrastination.
I lacked a goal, a strategy and action.
I wasted years of my life — because I didn’t know how to learn properly.
The misconception about learning
We have been learning the wrong way our entire life.
Schools make us think that learning is to prepare for a set of questions. But it’s so much more than that.
Learning’s the backbone of human development. It’s the laws of the universe, it’s the nature of evolution.
Million years ago, we learned how to sharpen rocks to become better at hunting. We learned how to make fire out of a stick. Now, we learn how to be better humans. We learn how to function in society.
Learning is not cramming a bunch of knowledge into our brains.
Learning is when you put the same condition … and you have a different behavior — a better one.
It’s all about the output — how we apply that knowledge to create an impact.
The sharper the axe, the faster the execution.
We learn numerous subjects in school. But there are no courses teaching us how to learn properly.
If you need to chop some wood, would it be better to use a sharper axe or swing as hard as you can? The latter will do the job … but it’ll cost way more time and energy.
Why don’t we sharpen our learning tools so that we can make the whole process faster, easier, and more enjoyable?
The $0 tool to learn anything faster.
You don’t need to spend anything to learn properly. All you need is a piece of paper and free content on the internet.
Here’s a 6-step framework that will help you master any difficult subjects in 6 months.
Step 1: Define Your Goals
As I said earlier, learning is all about the output. So don’t focus on the content, focus on what you can do with that content.
You’re not guaranteed to win if you don’t have a goal. But you’re guaranteed to lose if you don’t have one.
In order to learn efficiently, you need to set yourself a target. That target will become the compass telling you whether you’re heading in the right direction.
Set specific, quantifiable goals. Instead of vague statements like “Be a better writer”, write down something like “Get 200 followers on Medium”.
Step 2: Identify what you need to learn to achieve that goal
Now that you’ve figured out your destination, it’s time to find your vehicles.
If you want to be a better writer, your vehicle will be like:
- How to generate ideas.
- How to structure your articles.
- How to capture and keep attention.
This will be the skills, the strategies, and the tools you need to get to that goal. The more detailed it is, the more clarity you’ll have during your journey.
Step 3: Find someone who has already achieved your goal
Seek a mentor.
Look for someone who has already achieved the goal you’re aiming for.
If you aspire to be a better writer on Medium, follow the advice of established Medium writers rather than someone like Shakespeare.
Step 4: Study what works for your mentor
Don’t learn from what’s popular, learn from what works.
But how do you know what works? By studying the mentors you mention in step 3. Somebody has already walked the path you want to walk — all you need to do is to follow them.
Study their success. Research what gets them to where they are right now. Read the books they have read. Watch the videos they recommend.
Those will be your success materials.
Step 5: Start a project from day 1
Output. Output. Output.
Start a project immediately.
You will be stuck. There will be a lot of information gaps that you’ll need to fill. You won’t know what the hell you’re doing. But that’s fine. No one can ride a bike on their first try.
Putting your learning into practice is the best way to find out what you need to improve. When you write your first article, you will see where you got stuck. Is it that you lack ideas? Is it you don’t know how to transition to the next point? Or is it you lack vocabulary?
You won’t get to where you want to be if all you do is look at the map. Just go.
Step 6: Learn from feedback and iterate
You need consistency. But if you’re being consistent without learning from your mistakes, you’re just consistently bad.
- Analyze the articles that got the most views — why it works so well.
- Analyze the articles that don’t perform well — why no one cares about them.
Feedback is the most reliable mentor you can find. This is the power of the internet. Anyone could get feedback just a few hours after publishing their articles.
Produce, collect data, and use that data to improve.
