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Chester Heng
October 01, 2020
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How to become an efficient learner?
Use the S.I.M.P.L.E. approach to become an efficient learner
Chester Heng
October 01, 2020
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Chester Heng Educator Problem Solver Software Engineer Linkedin
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How to become an efficient learner?
The S.I.M.P.L.E. approach
witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
Let me tell you a story …
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Meet Alice. She is a frontend developer.
Today, she is working on a user story.
She need to solve a problem. She is focusing intently.
She spend time to re-analyze the problem.
She is stuck for hours.
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
There are 2 modes of thinking. Focus Mode Diffuse Mode
Focus Mode All your energy is completely focus on a
task. Your brain does only one thing.
Diffuse Mode Your brain is daydreaming and think of different
things. Your mind wander …
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Which mode is more efficient for learning? Focus Diffuse
witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
Diffuse Focus
Diffuse mode Activities Exercise Sleep Relax
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How to solve problems Switch your brain between focus and
diffuse mode
It pays to be NOT busy Stop working and switch
your brain into diffuse mode
Be bored Allow the diffuse mode of thinking to happen
Pomodoro Switch between focus (25 min) and diffuse (5 min)
mode.
Back to Mary …
Taking a walk down Gardens by the Bay … She
relax her mind and enjoy the nature.
During her walk, she thinks of a solution.
She completed her user story.
One year later …
Time for yearly review …
She plans to become full-stack software engineer next year.
The first step is to learn Node JS.
What is the best method to learn Node JS?
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
There are 2 type of Learning. Passive Learning Active Learning
Passive Learning Read a book Watch a training video Listen
to a podcast
Active Learning Recall Practice Take notes Ask questions Solve problems
witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
Trainers and materials such as video, book and audio You
Questions, Notes, Projects, Solutions
Back to Mary …
She signed up a Udemy course on Node JS Master
Class.
As she watch the video, she takes note of important
concepts.
When she reach event loop … What is asynchronous? I
don't understand …
No point get stuck again! Time for diffuse mode. Let's
go for lunch
While eating …, she notice there is only one waiter
in the restaurant
What if … the waiter is the single thread, each
table is a client and the chef is the database
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I got it ...
witch nteraction etaphors areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
Your experiences help you to remember and recall a topic.
You remember your traveling experiences.
You cannot remember another monotonous boring day.
Metaphors Analogies Visualisations Stories
What's next after Node JS?
Let's take a look at the backend roadmap.
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OMG … So much to learn … How to make
it?
Let me help …
witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
Pareto Principle Learn 20% of the most critical skills to
get 80% results.
Pareto principle Pick 20% of the topics to learn and
get 80% of the results.
Take a look at some job descriptions. Choose the 20%
must have skills to use 80% of the time.
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Let' see … all mention data storage
Data storage is one the 20% skills I can need
use 80% of my time.
So … data storage is the next step.
Spend the whole morning at my desk … I am
stuck again …
Get up and move to another location.
witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
Locations Move to different locations to learn. You can go
into diffuse mode while getting there.
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witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
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Everything is a game Belief in growth over a fixed
mindset.
Everything is a game Belief in internal over the external
locus of control.
witch nteract etaphor areto principle ocations verything is a game
S I M P L E
It is SIMPLE to become an efficient learner. You can
be one too! Start now …
Any question?
for more techniques …
Course references Learning to Learn by Andrei Neagoie Learning How
to Learn by Dr. Barbara Oakley
Image from … Unsplash Burst – Shopify OpenMoji
for a quick feedback …