Comments on: Six Steps to Learning Difficult Subjects Quickly http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/ Personal finance that makes cents. Common sense advice on topics from high interest savings accounts, frugality, cd rates, money market accounts, mortgage rates, how to get out of debt, money management and more. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Heather http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-208351 Heather Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:58:15 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-208351 As a med. student, this is really true. If you really need to learn something efficiently, kinda like I do right now, it's easiest to set aside a block of time and read straight through. After you've read it all through once and confused yourself thoroughly, you go back with friends to quiz each other and find out where you're weak in understanding. It's amazing how much discovering your weaknesses like that actually turns your weaknesses into your strengths. Why? Because you have thoroughly embarrassed yourself by not knowing it, so your brain has an emotional connection and a particular funny memory to latch to the really hard facts to remember. Pretty awesome. As a med. student, this is really true. If you really need to learn something efficiently, kinda like I do right now, it’s easiest to set aside a block of time and read straight through. After you’ve read it all through once and confused yourself thoroughly, you go back with friends to quiz each other and find out where you’re weak in understanding. It’s amazing how much discovering your weaknesses like that actually turns your weaknesses into your strengths. Why? Because you have thoroughly embarrassed yourself by not knowing it, so your brain has an emotional connection and a particular funny memory to latch to the really hard facts to remember. Pretty awesome.

]]> By: Alex http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-158321 Alex Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:01:56 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-158321 Nice job waiting until the end of the article to say that you have no idea whether or not this will work. Nice job waiting until the end of the article to say that you have no idea whether or not this will work.

]]> By: Donna http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-141003 Donna Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:09:46 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-141003 I have found that if I stare into something long enough, eventually it will make sense to me. So, the idea of immersing yourself is a good one. Just keep doing it, finding the familiar as you go along. Keep connecting the familiar until you've gotten a comprehensive understanding. I have found that if I stare into something long enough, eventually it will make sense to me. So, the idea of immersing yourself is a good one. Just keep doing it, finding the familiar as you go along. Keep connecting the familiar until you’ve gotten a comprehensive understanding.

]]> By: Michael Halls-Moore http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-83667 Michael Halls-Moore Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:20:45 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/05/11/six-steps-to-learning-difficult-subjects-quickly/#comment-83667 This is an interesting idea. I particularly like the fact you "bombard" yourself with information, rather than digest it slowly. I might try this next time I'm trying to learn a new programming language or even a foreign language! It seems to be working for my parents, they've just moved to France and are picking up French pretty quickly. Maybe immersion is the way forward! This is an interesting idea. I particularly like the fact you “bombard” yourself with information, rather than digest it slowly.

I might try this next time I’m trying to learn a new programming language or even a foreign language!

It seems to be working for my parents, they’ve just moved to France and are picking up French pretty quickly. Maybe immersion is the way forward!

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