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how to learn

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why learning is important

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how to stay employable

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how to learn

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meet tom

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tip #1 don’t be tom

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learn something new every year …but I don’t have any time!

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you have time (it’s just not a priority)

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remember tip #1 don’t be tom

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learning takes on different forms (a history lesson)

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elementary school learning (circa 1986)

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JAIL JAIL JAIL

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high school learning (circa 1990)

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college learning (circa 1994)

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finally, the internet was here

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today, the amount of information grows by 50% a month

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kilobyte (103) megabyte (106) gigabyte (109) terabyte (1012) petabyte (1015) exabyte (1018) zettabyte (1021) the internet is currently about 500 exabytes in 2020, it’s estimated to be 35 zettabytes

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it gets worse

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stuff that was current two years ago is now out of date

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the stuff you learn as a sophomore is old news when you graduate (assuming you take four years)

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you need to keep up

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i don’t read tech books

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i rarely read websites

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those are reference material

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reading != knowing

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Riding A Bicycle 101 1. Sit on the bicycle, facing forward. 2. Pedal clockwise to provide power. 3. Rotate handlebars to turn. 4. Have fun!

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put the poor kid on a bike. let him practice. let him fall.

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tip #2 learning comes from mistakes not memorization

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i lazy load knowledge

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i used to have a system

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Standardized Testing

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Cheat Sheets

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school memorization problem solving real life memorization problem solving

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today, i have a project

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today, i have a project

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learning only happens when you want it to

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tip #3 just do it

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one final thought

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tip #4 when in doubt, use more bacon

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thank you