How to become an efficient learner?

Use the S.I.M.P.L.E. approach to become an efficient learner

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1. Chester Heng Educator Problem Solver Software Engineer Linkedin
3. How to become an efficient learner?
4. The S.I.M.P.L.E. approach
5. witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
6. Let me tell you a story …
8. Meet Alice. She is a frontend developer.
9. Today, she is working on a user story.
10. She need to solve a problem. She is focusing intently.
11. She spend time to re-analyze the problem.
12. She is stuck for hours.
13. Please advise her what to do now … Take a little break Go out for a walk Stare at the problem Just relax and do nothing Rethink the problem again Take a nap
14. There are 2 modes of thinking. Focus Mode Diffuse Mode
15. Focus Mode All your energy is completely focus on a task. Your brain does only one thing.
16. Diffuse Mode Your brain is daydreaming and think of different things. Your mind wander …
18. Which mode is more efficient for learning? Focus Diffuse
19. witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
20. Diffuse Focus
21. Diffuse mode Activities Exercise Sleep Relax
24. How to solve problems Switch your brain between focus and diffuse mode
25. It pays to be NOT busy Stop working and switch your brain into diffuse mode
26. Be bored Allow the diffuse mode of thinking to happen
27. Pomodoro Switch between focus (25 min) and diffuse (5 min) mode.
28. Back to Mary …
29. Taking a walk down Gardens by the Bay … She relax her mind and enjoy the nature.
30. During her walk, she thinks of a solution.
31. She completed her user story.
32. One year later …
33. Time for yearly review …
34. She plans to become full-stack software engineer next year.
35. The first step is to learn Node JS.
36. What is the best method to learn Node JS?
37. Please advise her which methods … Read a Node JS book Watch a Udemy course on Node JS Listen to a Node JS podcast Recall what she has learn about Node JS Practice with small Node JS projects Take notes about Node JS concepts
38. There are 2 type of Learning. Passive Learning Active Learning
39. Passive Learning Read a book Watch a training video Listen to a podcast
40. Active Learning Recall Practice Take notes Ask questions Solve problems
41. witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
42. Trainers and materials such as video, book and audio You Questions, Notes, Projects, Solutions
43. Back to Mary …
44. She signed up a Udemy course on Node JS Master Class.
45. As she watch the video, she takes note of important concepts.
46. When she reach event loop … What is asynchronous? I don't understand …
47. No point get stuck again! Time for diffuse mode. Let's go for lunch
48. While eating …, she notice there is only one waiter in the restaurant
49. What if … the waiter is the single thread, each table is a client and the chef is the database
54. I got it ...
55. witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
56. Your experiences help you to remember and recall a topic.
57. You remember your traveling experiences.
58. You cannot remember another monotonous boring day.
59. Metaphors Analogies Visualisations Stories
60. What's next after Node JS?
61. Let's take a look at the backend roadmap.
65. OMG … So much to learn … How to make it?
66. Let me help …
67. witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
68. Pareto Principle Learn 20% of the most critical skills to get 80% results.
69. Pareto principle Pick 20% of the topics to learn and get 80% of the results.
70. Take a look at some job descriptions. Choose the 20% must have skills to use 80% of the time.
72. Let' see … all mention data storage
73. Data storage is one the 20% skills I can need use 80% of my time.
74. So … data storage is the next step.
75. Spend the whole morning at my desk … I am stuck again …
76. Get up and move to another location.
77. witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
78. Locations Move to different locations to learn. You can go into diffuse mode while getting there.
82. witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
84. Everything is a game Belief in growth over a fixed mindset.
85. Everything is a game Belief in internal over the external locus of control.
86. witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game S I M P L E
87. It is SIMPLE to become an efficient learner. You can be one too! Start now …
88. Any question?
89. for more techniques …
90. Course references Learning to Learn by Andrei Neagoie Learning How to Learn by Dr. Barbara Oakley
91. Image from … Unsplash Burst – Shopify OpenMoji
92. for a quick feedback …