School makes us lazy.
We listen, cram, and test—doing little else with our fleeting knowledge. Lots of talk, little action. How can we break this cycle?
Read my atomic essay about learning through creation 👇
🧵 Prefer tweets? See my essay in the thread.
We listen, cram, and test—doing little else with our fleeting knowledge. Lots of talk, little action. How can we break this cycle?
Read my atomic essay about learning through creation 👇
🧵 Prefer tweets? See my essay in the thread.
Learn by creating.
It's easy to be book smart, but acting on knowledge and making something in the real world is how you grow.
Get more immediate feedback, discover what works, and see if what you learn is useful for you.
If it doesn't work, you adjust.
It's easy to be book smart, but acting on knowledge and making something in the real world is how you grow.
Get more immediate feedback, discover what works, and see if what you learn is useful for you.
If it doesn't work, you adjust.
Root your learning environment in reality.
It's difficult to take what you learn in a classroom to real life. The solution? Make life your classroom.
Think with every new idea of how you could use it, and then try it out.
It's difficult to take what you learn in a classroom to real life. The solution? Make life your classroom.
Think with every new idea of how you could use it, and then try it out.
Make learning projects specific.
We suck at abstract thinking. The more concrete an idea, the better.
To bring clarity to the fuzzy, create examples and experiments.
We suck at abstract thinking. The more concrete an idea, the better.
To bring clarity to the fuzzy, create examples and experiments.
Don't rely on teachers.
In the age of online education, few teachers challenge you to create, making it easy to step into the trap of consumption without action.
Don't rob yourself of learning; build something useful with your knowledge.
In the age of online education, few teachers challenge you to create, making it easy to step into the trap of consumption without action.
Don't rob yourself of learning; build something useful with your knowledge.
Ditch the training wheels.
Don't lean on learning materials for too long; go out and experiment. Avoid tutorial hell and start work on your dream project.
Do the real thing.
Don't lean on learning materials for too long; go out and experiment. Avoid tutorial hell and start work on your dream project.
Do the real thing.
Challenge yourself.
Resist the temptation to check your learning materials once you start building. Work around problems to understand the structure.
Get stuck to grok.
Resist the temptation to check your learning materials once you start building. Work around problems to understand the structure.
Get stuck to grok.
Cultivate mental models.
Building is experimenting. Only by interacting with reality do you discover what does and doesn't work.
Reflect on feedback and find the patterns.
Building is experimenting. Only by interacting with reality do you discover what does and doesn't work.
Reflect on feedback and find the patterns.
The world is messy—let your learning environment prepare you.
Practice like you play and you'll play like you practice.
Practice like you play and you'll play like you practice.
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