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How I Learn

Elle Meredith
December 13, 2015

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.

Elle Meredith

December 13, 2015
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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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