How To Learn Faster - The 3 Laws
In this competitive world, there is no way you can get by without learning. Continous education is required just to stay in a job.
In this article, I want to introduce you to the 3 laws that all of us have to obey to learn and master any skills. These laws are not made up of thin air - they developed through thorough scientific research. Unfortunately, there are no short-cuts either but if you follow them, you’ll definitely be to learn faster and remember better than ever before.
With that said, let’s get started.
Law of repetition. If you want to be a master in your field, there is no choice but to practice. Some studies of the successful people in their field, people such as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, found that there is no such thing as talent. They all have put in more than 10,000 hours of practice before they could achieve what they did.
This is because as you practice, you strengthen the synapses responsible the skills you’re trying to master. The stronger these synapses get, the better you are at what you do. Unfortunately, these synapses also break down if you don’t use it often.
Thus constant practice is required just to maintain your level of expertise.
The next is the law of association. Whenever we learn without going through an experience, we associate what we’ve already known to what we don’t know.
For example, a synapse is like a bridge between two neurons. You don’t know what a synapse - but you do know what’s a bridge. Associating these two, you know that a synapse allows for the communication between two neurons.
When you associate, you learn faster and you remember better. Let’s take a test. In 3 seconds, can you remember this phone number………… 0923492810? Set. Go.
You probably can’t. But what if you associate that number to a date and an age? Like this: 09/23/4928 10? September 23rd Year 4928, someone will be 10 years old.
In 3 seconds, you’re far more likely to remember it than you would if it’s a phone number!
The third law is the law of attention. If you don’t pay attention to a particular stimulus, you don’t learn it. It’s as simple as that.
Studies have shown neural network grows only when subjects pay attention to the stimulus.
There, 3 learning techniques to get you started. Hope that helps!
