The people we label as successful don’t just know many things and have multiple skills out of nowhere. They use effective learning techniques that allow them to accumulate a lot in a timely manner, to constantly self-motivate, to monitor the mistakes they make, and to modify their strategy when they find it is unproductive. Before …
How Not to Learn? Re-reading a text, highlighting it, or repeating information over and over again (aka massed practice) in the hope of memorising it better are the most common learning techniques. But also the most damaging, as scientific studies reveal. Repetition makes us feel like we know, but unfortunately the technique is a waste …
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