How I Learn

This will be a pretty long list of tips, techniques and strategies for what I found works for me when I study, including a couple of points from books I read recently, and things I would like to do. In it, hopefully, you will find one or two useful things for you.

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1. How I learn
   

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2. Prerequisite
   concepts
   

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3. Notion of continuous
   self improvement
   Carol Dweck | John Medina
   

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4. Know your style of
   learning
   

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5. Perception of progress
   

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6. Self-determination
   & motivation
   

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7. Be willing to be stupid
   Literature
   

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8. Hard vs soft skills
   or ABCs vs Three R's
   

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9. Find a mentor
   Literature
   

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10. When you start
    

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11. Define some goals
    

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12. Set deadlines
    

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13. Create challenges
    

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14. Strategies to
    improving skills
    

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15. Small steps
    

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16. Find the sweet spot
    Literature
    

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17. Mistakes & Successes
    Literature
    

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18. When you get stuck, shift
    Literature
    

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19. Do things now
    

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20. Self study
    

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21. A few minutes every day
    

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22. First thing in the
    morning
    

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23. Create a routine
    

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24. Books
    

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25. Refactoring a week
    

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26. Online courses
    

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27. Videocasts
    

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28. Podcasts
    

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29. Weekly email
    newsletters
    

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30. Last thing at night
    

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31. Other styles
    of learning
    

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32. Community events
    

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33. Investment Friday's
    

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34. Study groups
    

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35. Pairing
    

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36. Mentoring & teaching
    

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37. Workshops
    

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38. Getting feedback
    

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39. Writing blog posts
    

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40. Book club
    John Barton | Rob Jacoby
    

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41. Tools
    

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42. Dash
    

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43. Notes in Markdown
    

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44. Pomodoro
    

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45. Detailed commit
    messages
    github.com/danyadsmith/demo
    

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46. Todoist
    

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47. Twitter or Revisit.io
    (new Delicious)
    

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48. Couple more things
    

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49. Good night sleep
    

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50. Taking notes
    

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51. When things don't
    go to plan
    

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52. This is a marathon,
    not a sprint
    

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