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Learning Mindset

A well-developed learning mindset allows us to understand the important topics of a medium, and has an impact on our success

Tips for a Learning Mindset

1. Undivided Attention
   • There are more sources of distraction then there are for practicing concentration
   • Practice Ultimate Listening
2. Multitasking is a no-no
   • Multitasking is constantly switching between two things, which drains our energy
3. Appropriately Engage With the Right Attention
   • Writing ideas, outlining, proofreading, and reading require different kinds of attention
   • Learn when to switch between creative and analytical thinking
   • Consider Efficient Reading and Attention
4. Expert > Planner
   • We only start to learn when we stop making plans
   • We need freedom to make our own decisions
   • Following rules makes one competent, but not a master/expert
   • The abstractness of a Slip-Box allows us to practice our idea-making and navigation skills
5. Internalize Information
   • Both attention and short-term memory is limited
   • Understanding information makes us have to remember less ideas to remember more things, as the main ideas will be connected to everything else
   • Open tasks tend to occupy our short-term memory, which is why writing things down helps reduce mental baggage
     • We can utilize this idea to keep unanswered questions we’re trying to solve in our mind while doing other things
   • A good reader can take things from an unfamiliar context and connect it to relevant ideas and themes
     • Copying words strip them out of the context they are in, making them less effective, thus making it hard to string ideas together
       • Being able to convert things into your own context allows you to incorporate your unique perspective into forming new ideas
   • It’s encouraged to slowly intake new information through an abundance of notes to provide a solid foundation
   • Rather than review, we should elaborate and further understand what we read
   • Elaboration encourages us to refine our fundamentals to tackle more complex concepts
     • This elaboration can be practiced by making connections
6. Reduce Decisions
   • Motivation and willpower is also limited
   • Ego-depletion (use of willpower) is consumed by countless sources
     • Therefore, we must act as if we are doing something to exert less willpower than actually doing it: familiarity
7. Sit up straight
   • Allows more oxygen intake

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