Understanding

Principles

We truly understand something when we can explain it to someone else
- Requires that we thoroughly know everything to prepare for constant “but why” questions
It is possible to temporarily understand something through cues or resources
- For more complex concpepts, consider remembering how you remembered something

Make it a habit to not be satisfied with memorization when there is a lack of understanding
Feynman’s Technique
Charlie Munger’s Mental Models can help us construct models
Scoping the Subject
Understanding Abstract Ideas
Summarizing Content
Concept Mapping
We can understand something by thinking:
1. Top down
  - Find the one law that drives it all
    - ex) Supply and demand for stock price
2. Bottom up
  - The laws that drive each specific case
    - ex) Factors of growth for a stock market sector

When understanding a concept for school, make sure you are focusing on what is actually going to be tested on, rather than irrelevant parts
- Helps narrow and prioritize actual required concepts
- Expecting something to be a certain way (bias) will prevent us from seeing what it actually is

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Created:: 2021-06-15 21:57