<aside> 🎓 **#Purpose: To investigate techniques for learning more efficiently, such that I can apply them to my own life for learning languages and skills

To kickstart my life plan**

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[1] Metalearn: Draw a Map

<aside> 🎓 Learn how to effectively learn the subject/skill. Discover the principles of good research and how to draw upon past competencies to make your learning more efficient.

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• In the short term, do research to improve metalearning before and during a learning project
• Why/What/How
• The 10 Percent Rule

[2] Focus: Sharpen Your Knife

<aside> 🎓 Cultivate the ability to concentrate. Carve out chunks of time when you can focus on learning, and make it easy to just do it.

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• Procrastinating
• Getting Distracted
• Failing to Create the Right Kind of Focus
• Improving Focus

[3] Be Direct: Go Straight Ahead

<aside> 🎓 Learn by doing the thing that you wish to become good at. Don't trade it off for other, more comfortable/convenient tasks.

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• Doing practice problems is more important for learning than watching or reading material on the concept
• Difficulties With Directness
• Skill Transfer and Directness
• How to Implement Directness

[4] Drill: Attack Your Weakest Point