Visualization, memory, reading and research skills
Writing this blog is one of the hardest things I had to adhere to. When I was starting I went blank every time I needed to write a post. Very soon I started to search the course discussions for a good subject. Eventually the course went out of the good subjects. Then I took some …
There is a huge list of logical fallacies one can make. In fact one of our memory exercises focuses on them. The full list is too long to follow… How can we use our knowledge to fight our own fallacies? First of all we need to manage our attention. This is counter-intuitive. We are not …
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One of the best hacks we try to teach in our courses is harnessing the powers of unconscious. Here I outline three examples of doing this. Plus one We have discussed synaesthesia before. We train synaesthesia for making sense in complex environment. Unlike the regular definition of synaesthesia, recently I read a new interpretation: The …
I have never met Leon other than over Skype. Leon (not a true name) is a web designer (kind of) that took the Udemy course starting in spring 2014. In summer Leon wrote several passionate posts and personal mails to [email protected] regarding his reading speed and fluency with markers. Then he disappeared for a couple …
Learning new habits is hard. Self doubt and uncertainty may be debilitating. It is easier to find your way to success if you have a mentor. If you do not have a mentor, you can find a role model. We are living in a vibrant dynamic word, where our role in the society is determined …
We often compare brain training to physical exercise. In this sense I find this and his articles useful. I will try to adapt their points to what we do. Starting small When trying to learn superlearning skillset (and the skillset involves many different skills) it is crucial to transform practice into a habbit. The first …
Anna has recently added a new model to the course that deals with asking the right questions. We have discussed this issue several times in other posts, but here I want to describe Anna’s view of the subject as far as she explained it to me. Priming After we preread an article and before we …
Today I got this mail from Scott Young discussing a trade-off between quality and what he calls smoothness. Since this is an issue commonly addressed by my friends, I will tell my own lessons on choosing which books to read and how. When I was a kid I was banned from reading books. This is …
One of the easiest examples of memorization is a way to visualize to do list. In fact if you ever completed linked list exercise, you can group your tasks together and remember 16-20 tasks for a long time without forgetting them. The real question here is what else should a superlearner do with his tasks? Do …
This is the list of some of the smartest people in the world. Some of them are extremely successful, others provoke more pity than awe. Probably as long as your IQ is below 160, the smarter you are the more successful you will be. IQ is influenced by many factors, not all of them in …
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