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.

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1. How I learn
2. Prerequisite concepts
3. Notion of continuous self improvement Carol Dweck | John Medina
4. Know your style of learning
5. Perception of progress
6. Self-determination & motivation
7. Be willing to be stupid Literature
8. Hard vs soft skills or ABCs vs Three R's
9. Find a mentor Literature
10. When you start
11. Define some goals
12. Set deadlines
13. Create challenges
14. Strategies to improving skills
15. Small steps
16. Find the sweet spot Literature
17. Mistakes & Successes Literature
18. When you get stuck, shift Literature
19. Do things now
20. Self study
21. A few minutes every day
22. First thing in the morning
23. Create a routine
24. Books
25. Refactoring a week
26. Online courses
27. Videocasts
28. Podcasts
29. Weekly email newsletters
30. Last thing at night
31. Other styles of learning
32. Community events
33. Investment Friday's
34. Study groups
35. Pairing
36. Mentoring & teaching
37. Workshops
38. Getting feedback
39. Writing blog posts
40. Book club John Barton | Rob Jacoby
41. Tools
42. Dash
43. Notes in Markdown
44. Pomodoro
45. Detailed commit messages github.com/danyadsmith/demo
46. Todoist
47. Twitter or Revisit.io (new Delicious)
48. Couple more things
49. Good night sleep
50. Taking notes
51. When things don't go to plan
52. This is a marathon, not a sprint