172 | How to Learn Anything!

What to Expect:

Strategies for picking up new skills and habits as well as some myth-busting. Shane and Abraham provide a general algorithm for how to get good at anything! The “secret” is basically to break anything down into small steps and commit to them. Furthermore, have some kind of payoff for succeeding. As it turns out, learning to do anything overlaps considerably with how to teach anything. Do something new today!

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Links for Today:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170828-the-amazing-fertility-of-the-older-mind (story of 90-year-old who went to school to learn to read and write)
https://www.scoe.org/files/explicit-instruction.pdf (Presentation on efficient and effective instruction from Anita Archer)
https://www.td.org/newsletters/atd-links/key-ingredients-for-learning (Main ingredients from cognitive psychology for learning a new skill)
https://zapier.com/blog/learning-new-skills/ (10 strategies for learning something new, blog)
https://agileleanlife.com/how-long-to-practice/ (Lessons from learning to code on computers, source of the quote: practice until fear turns to boredom)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/pdf/DeliberatePractice%28PsychologicalReview%29.pdf (The article that popularized the idea that 10,000 hours of practice leads to expertise)

Recommendations:

Abraham: Association on American Indian Affairs (Native American) https://www.indian-affairs.org/
Shane: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (http://www.harukimurakami.com/book/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle)

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