How to Learn better by Teaching
This is one of those things that scares people. You expect me to teach? Doesn’t that mean I have to get up in front of people? Won’t tha
Law #12: Get Both Sides Issue
This is perhaps the one people agree with most but give the most push back on when it becomes time to do it. By that I mean, they just won’t do it. Ever no matter what. But everyone really ag…
Law #11: 1 Thessalonians 5:21
For those of you who are not Christians, don’t worry. I’m not going to get too biblical on you here. I am a Christian but you don’t n
Law #10: Focus on What Will Be Used
This is one thing school gets wrong. School focuses a lot on what will never be used. You will be taught many names and dates that you won’t need to know to do your job. For example, any time the book discusses who came up with or discovered a thing. Take the discovery of DNA …
Law #8 Take an Immersion Class at Least Once a Year
If you are in college you can ignore this. College is an immersion class. I have some problems with how college is run as an im…
Law #9: Teach What You Learn
I can’t tell you many people know they should do this but never actually do it. My guess is about one out of every 1,000 follow this law. This is the best-known learning booster but probably the least used. Having said that I don’t think most people understand why this helps you learn. One of …
Law #7: Have a Mentor
Everything before this has been about getting rid of problems that hold people back from learning. This is the first one about speeding it up. That might seem weird to people but it’s important. About 80% of the pro…
Law #6: Do Something Fun at Least Once A Day
This one might sound very weird but hear me out. When most people are trying to be very productive, they stop trying to have fun. Just cut it out entirely. I have heard one person who was very successful who taught, do you want to search Facebook for 5 minutes or be a millionaire in …
Law 5: Take Care of Your Health
This one is a more of a general rule but has big impact. The link between your body and your mind is stronger than most people give it credit for. The fact of the matter is, if you body is weak you mind will be too. There is a reason athlete do better in school …
Law 4: Get Good Sleep
Anyone who has studied learning at all should have come across this law before. It comes straight from your high school physiology textbook. Sleep is were your body stores everything you have learned over the day. I had one professor who taught us, and yes this was on the test, that if you pull one …