How I Learn (For the Long Term)

I enjoy learning how other people learn. Their ideas are battle-tested, cohesive, and manageable — at least to them. Experimenting with their ideas helps me stick to practical advice and find what works with my own approaches. In fact, I’ve been using a few new habits over the summer that I think they are worth sharing and could be worth your time to try.

I’ve focused on developing habits that identify and close gaps in understanding while helping internalize knowledge for the long-term. These goals hit directly what I want out of learning: to understand topics the low-level details to the high-level abstractions and to retain it all for the long-term.

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