Learning Nerd’s Diary #73
Welcome back Learning Nerds!
This week we deep dive into how you can learn better. From strategies to learn, to how to think about learning - this week we'll try to get you to learn more about learning!
👀 Sneak peak
Here is what I have in store for you this week -
💭 Learning About Learning: 2-2-2 Model for Learning
🥜 Learning Nugget: Learning with a Tribe
💥 Coolest Thing I Learnt This Week:
Lower the bar, have fun, and get going
Embrace a more “blended’ future
Science of Learning & Thinking
🔦 Spotlight: Building Learning Charters for Lumière
Let's jump right in!
💭 Learning About Learning
Starting new passions with such zeal, but quitting midway? Let's break the cycle and make learning here to stay!
Often times when we are intrigued by a new topic, we make the mistake of deep diving into it without really understanding about it. It’s like paying for a year-long gym membership without every going to the gym - whether you go or not is really a hit or a miss. While learning something new this can look like paying for a really expensive course without ever trying something.
I came across this video last week with an AMAZING framework for side projects, 2-2-2. I was wondering the same can hold true for learning something new as well! Here is how…
2️⃣ hours
Every time you are interested in a new topic, start by spending 2 hours learning more about it. Use Google, talk to a person, watch some videos, read an article, listen to a podcast - just try to spend 2 hours without getting distracted on this ‘shiny new’ thing.
If you don’t realise where the 2 hours go - great! Move on to the next step
If you’re waiting for the time to get over - give up early. Cut your losses, pick up something new to learn.
2️⃣ days
If you survive those 2 hours, spend 2 days on it. This could be a workshop, a small course, a book. Spend 2 days trying to learn more about it. 2 days is a good enough time to get a good overview about something.
If you still like this after these 2 days - you probably can spend more time on it
If you’re bored within these 2 days - quit now!
2️⃣+ weeks
After spending 2 hours and 2 days on this new paramour, you probably are ready to spend more time on this and ready to spend more than 2 weeks on this. Look for learning experiences that require a longer commitment.
After 2 weeks you’re still interested? This might be the stuff of dreams :)
If this doesn’t excite you in 2+ weeks - don’t let sunk cost fallacy kick in! You can still leave this - it will allow you to pick up something else that excites you
🛠️ Prototype your learning!
Just like all things - in learning as well fail fast but fail gloriously. Choose what you’re learning & be picky about it. Leave things that don’t excite you so that you can spend more time learning things that do.
To paraphrase a quote -
Not all learning needs to be epic novels. Some are short stories - but that doesn’t make them any less meaningful.
🥜 Learning Nuggets
Learn with people, go far.
Find your tribe to learn deeper, better & faster.
💥 Coolest Thing I Learnt this Week
Lower the bar, have fun, and get going
We often thing fun and learning cannot exist in the same breath. On the contrary - optimising for fun is a great strategy to learn
Embrace a more "blended" future
Learning is more than just a time in our lives. Internalising this thought is a game changer! This post has some interesting food for thought...
Science of Learning & Thinking
I found this amazing repository on papers on the science of learning & thinking. Can't wait to deep dive into it over the next few weeks!
🔦 Spotlight
I started last week doing an in-person workshop for my friends at Lumière on Building Learning Charters 🏔️. With 20+ people - most present in person and some online - this was the first time I took a hybrid workshop!
From watercolour to 3D spaces to astrophotography - we built ~20 Learning Charters in an hour. I don't know about you but there was no better way to start the week!
Curious to know more about Learning Charters? Check out this article!
Love & Learning
Until we meet next week!
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