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So I just finished the course https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn and I can say that it has actually
changed the way I perceive my studies. I strongly recommend it to anyone willing to put some efforts to change the
way you learn.
If you are like me, and you got tired of all the click-bait rubbish that surrounds the productivity articles and advices
you will find on the internet, then this is the course for you, and it is the last course you need.
Almost every single video of the course references a bunch of scientific papers. It is almost entirely based on
scientific researches. It introduces you lightly to the concept of how the brain function, how memory works, why
procrastination happens, and so many other related subjects that include practical tips on how to learn more
efficiently.
In addition to all the lectures, the course features a lot of interviews with highly prolific scientists and some notable
people like Nelson Dellis, the four-time USA Memory Champion.
Without further ado, here are all the notes I wrote down while taking the course, organized in a chronological order
that follows the course structure.

Edit: As some of you have pointed out, the book A mind for numbers is the book that the MOOC was based on. Dr,
Barbara Oakley, the author of the book, is a woman who started learning mathematics at the age of 26, and is now a
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Week 1: What is Learning?

 
Brain Facts:
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Cells of the nervous system are called neurons. Information from one neuron flows to another neuron across a
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synapse. Human brain has a million billion synapses.
Your brain creates synapses whenever you learn something new. Sleeping helps "update" your brain cells. Literally.
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Why do we procrastinate (scientifically):
Problem:
Learning a new thing or doing something you would rather not do can be stressing. This can cause anxiety at first. This
activates the area associated with pain in the brain.
Your brain looks for a way to stop that negative feeling by switching your attention to something else more pleasant.
Solution:
The trick is to just start. Researchers discovered that not long after people start actually working out what they didn’t like,
that neuro-discomfort disappeared.
Remember that the better you get at something, the more enjoyable it can become.
Consider using the pomodoro technique.
 
Learning hard and abstract things:
The more abstract something is, the more important it is to practice to create and strengthen neural connections to bring
the abstract ideas to reality for you.
Ex: You should practice a lot with the math vocabulary to understand it and recall it easier. [∫∞ex dx, k!(n−k)!]
 
Summary of what I learnt:
1. There are two modes of thinking:
1. Focused mode: Concentrating on things that are usually familiar.
2. Diffused mode: A relaxed mode of thinking "your thoughts are free to wander".
2. When you don’t desire doing/learning something, go through it and just start. The discomfort goes away and, in the
long term, this will lead to satisfaction.
3. When you learn something new, make sure to take time to rest, then come back to it and recall what you learnt.
1. This is very important. Don’t cram information in one day. This leads to inefficient learning. It’s like building a
wall without letting it dry.
2. Revisiting and practicing what you learn is important. Research shows that spaced repetition (repeating
things after few days) is the best way to build and strengthen the synaptic connections.
4. Sleep is very important. It clears the metabolic toxins from the brain after a day of "brain use". It is best to sleep
directly after learning new things.
5. It was shown that exercising and/or being in a rich social environment helps your brain produce new neurons. Don’t
lock yourself in your room. Stay active and spare time for exercise (including general physical activities) and friends
daily.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Week 2: Chunking
 
Chunks:
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Pieces of information, neuroscientifically speaking, bond together through use and meaning. They can get bigger and more 
complex, but at the same time, they are single easy to access items that can fit into the slot of the working memory.
Chunking is the act of grouping concepts into compact packages of information that are easier for the mind to
access.
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Example: If you understand and practice a math formula. You no longer will need to focus much to solve it like you
did the first time. That’s because your "formula chunk" got so abstracted into your brain that it can only take one slot
of your working memory to solve it.
 
Turn off distractions. You want to use all the four slots of your working memory when studying. Learning will be inefficient
if some of those slots are connected to something else.
 
You have to solve the problem yourself. Just because you see it, or even understand it, doesn't mean that you will be able
to solve it (Illusion of competence). It is always easier to look at the material, even if you think it’s easy, then doing it
yourself.
 
It gets easier. When you think that a chapter or a book has too much information and that there’s no way to go through
them all; just focus on whatever section you’re studying. You’ll find that once you put that first concept in your mental
library, the following one will be easier.
This concept is called Transfer; a chunk you have mastered in one area can often help you much more easily learn other
chunks of information in different areas.
 
Master the major idea and then start getting deeper. However, make sure not to get stuck in some details before having a
general idea. Practice to help yourself gain mastery and sense of the big picture context. Try taking a "picture walk" before
you dig through the material, this means, look briefly at the pictures, chapter titles, formulas used… before diving into
details.
 
Recall mentally without looking at the material. This is proven more effective than to simply rereading. Reread only after
you try to recall and write down what was in the material.
Consider recalling when you are in different places to become independent of the cues from any giving location. This will
help you when taking a test in the class.
 
Test yourself to make sure you are actually learning and not fooling yourself into learning. Mistakes are a good thing. They
allow you to catch illusions of competence.
 
Don’t always trust your initial intuition. Einstellung problem (a German word for Mindset). An idea or a neural pattern you
developed might prevent a new better idea from being found. Sometimes your initial intuition on what you need to be doing
is misleading.You’ve to unlearn old ideas and approaches as you are learning new ones.
 
Mix up the problems (Interleaving) from different chapters. This is helpful to create connections between your chunks. It
can make your learning a bit more difficult, but it helps you learn more deeply. Interleaving is very important. It is where you
leave the world of practice and repetition, and begin thinking more independently.
 
 
 
Don’ts:
Highlighting too much and creating maps are often ineffective without recalling.
 Repeating something you already learnt or know very well is easy. It can bring the illusion of competence; that
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you’ve mastered the full material when you actually just know the easy stuff. Balance your USE
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more difficult (deliberate practice). This sets the difference between a good student and a great student.
A big mistake is to blindly start working on an exercise without reading the textbook or attending the class. This is a
recipe of sinking. It’s like randomly allowing a thought to pop off in the focus mode without paying attention to
where the solution truly lies.
 
 
 
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Week 3: Procrastination and Memory

 
Procrastination:
The routine, habitual responses your brain falls into when you try to do something hard or unpleasant. Focusing only
on making the present moment feels better.
Unlike procrastination which is easy to fall into, Willpower is hard to come by. It uses a lot of neural resources and
you shouldn’t waste it on fending off procrastination except when really necessary. You actually don’t need to.
The long-term effect of Procrastination can be dangerous. Putting your studies off leads to studying becoming even
more painful. Procrastination is a habit that affects many areas of your life, if you improve in this area, many positive
changes will unfold.
Procrastination shares features with addiction. At first, it leads you to think that if you study too early you’ll forget
the material. Then, when the class is ahead of you, it leads you to think that you are inadequate or that the subject is
too hard.
You want to avoid cramming which doesn’t build solid neural structures, by putting the same amount into your
learning, and spacing it over a long period by starting earlier.
 
First time learning something:
The first time you do something the deluge of information coming at you would make the job seem almost
impossibly difficult. But, once you've chunked it, it will be simple.
At first, it's really hard, later it's easy. It becomes like a habit. Ex: Driving for the first time.
 
Habits:
Neuro-scientifically speaking, chunking is related to habit.
Habit is an energy saver. You don’t need to focus when performing different habitual tasks.
Habits can be good or bad, brief or long.
 
Habits Parts:
1. The cue: The trigger that launches you into zombie mode (habitual routine).
1. Recognize what launches you in zombie procrastination mode:
1. Location. Time. Feelings. Reaction to people or events…
2. Consider shutting your phone/internet for brief periods of time to prevent most cues.
2. The routine: Routine you do in reaction to the cue.
1. You only need to use your willpower to change your reaction to the cues.
2. Actively focus on rewiring your old habits.
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1. Give yourself bigger rewards for bigger achievements. But after you finish them.
1. Ex: If I study for 4 hours today, I’ll watch a movie, guilt free, at night.
2. Habits are powerful because they create neurological cravings. It helps to add a new reward if you want to
overcome your previous cravings.
3. Only once your brain starts expecting a reward will the important rewiring takes place that will allow you to
create new habits.
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4. The belief: To change your habits, you need to change your underlying belief. 
1. Ex: You might feel like you’ll never be able to change the habit of studying late. This is not true. You can
actually rewire your brain
2. Joining a student community helps, either online or in real life.
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Weekly/Daily list:
Researchers showed that writing your daily list the evening before helps you accomplish them the next day. If you
don’t write them down, they will take the valuable slots of memory.
Plan your finishing time, this is as important as planning your working time.
Work in the most important and most disliked task first, even if it’s only one pomodoro.
Take notes about what works and what doesn’t.
Have a backup plan for when you will still procrastinate.
 
Focus on Process:
You should realize that it’s perfectly normal to start a learning session with a negative feeling even if you like the subject.
It’s how you handle those feelings that matters.
Solution: Focus on the process, not the product. The product is what triggers the pain that causes you to procrastinate.
Instead of saying "I will solve this task today", put your best effort for a period of time continuously over the days.
 
Memory:
Use your visual memory to remember things.
Ex: Link a memorable picture to a formula.
Images help you encapsulate a very hard to remember concept by tapping into visual areas with enhanced memory
abilities.
The more neural hooks you can build by evoking the senses the easier it will be for you to recall the concept.
Keep repeating what you want to learn so that the metabolic toxins won’t suck away the neural patterns related to
that memory. Spaced repetition is the key.
Flashcards help. Consider using Anki.
Handwriting helps you deeply convert what you are trying to learn into neural memory structures.
 
Memory Techniques:
Create meaningful groups and abbreviations.
To remember numbers, associate them to memorable events.
Create mnemonic phrases from first letters of the words you want to remember.
Memory Palace Technique: Use a familiar place (like the blueprint of your house) and associate visual images of
things you want to remember with physical places.
This is not easy. You’ll be very slow at first. But with practice, you’ll get better.
The more you practice your "memory muscle" the easier you’ll remember.
 
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Week 4: Renaissance Learning
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You should know:
Exercising is by far more effective than any drug to help you learn better. It helps new neurons survive.
Learning doesn't always progress linearly and logically. Inevitably your brain will hit a knowledge-collapse
sometimes. This usually means your brain is restructuring its understanding, building a more solid foundation.
You learn complex concepts by trying to make sense out of the information you perceive. Not by having someone
else telling it to you.
 
Metaphors
Metaphors and analogies are very helpful, not only to memorize, but to also understand different concepts.
It is often helpful to pretend that you are the concept you’re trying to understand.
 
Intelligence:
Intelligence does matter. Being smart usually equate to having a large working memory (more than just four slots).
However, a super working memory can hold its thoughts so tightly that new thoughts won’t easily find a way into the
brain. Such a tightly controlled attention could use an occasional breath of ADHD. You attention shifts even if you
don’t want it to shift.
Deliberate practice is what helps the average brain lift into the realm of those naturally gifted. Practicing certain
mental patterns deepens your mind.
Brilliant scientist like Ramón y Cajal, the father of neuroscience, or Charles Darwin, were not exceptionally gifted.
The key to their success was perseverance, taking responsibility for their learning and changing their thoughts.
Take pride in the qualities you excel at. Tune people out if they try to demean your efforts.
 
Right hemisphere:
Helps us put our work into the big picture perspective and does reality checks.
When you go through a homework or test questions and don’t go back to check your work, you’re acting like a
person who’s refusing to use parts of his brain.
 
Left hemisphere:
Interprets the world for us but with a tendency for rigidity, dogmatism and egocentricity.
May lead to overconfidence. Ex: believing dismissively that your answers are corrects.
 
Best practices:
Always step back and recheck to takes advantages of abilities of both-hemispheres interactions.
Brainstorm and find focused people to analyze your work with.
Your errors are sometimes easier to be found by others.
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Don’t fool yourself. Don’t blindly believe in your intellectual abilities. Having a team can bring those projections
down.
 
Test Checklist:
Did you make a serious effort to understand the text? If you had a study guide, did you go through it?
Did you attempt to outline every homework problem solution?
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Did you work with classmates on homework problems? checked your solutions?
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Test Taking Technique: Hard Start - Jump to easy: (Try this strategy with homework problems first)
1. Take a quick look at the test when it’s handed to you to get a sense of what it involves.
2. Start with the hardest problem. Pull yourself out if you get stuck for over 2 minutes. Starting with a hard problem
loads your focused mode first and then switches attention away from it. This allows the diffused mode to start its
work.
3. Turn next to an easy problem. Solves what you can, then move back to a hard one. This allows the different part of
your brain to work simultaneously on different thoughts.
 
Taking Test Tips:
Being Stressed before a test is normal. The body puts ups out chemicals when it’s under stress. How you interpret
the body reaction to those chemicals makes all the difference.
Shift your thinking from "I am afraid of this test" to “I am excited to do my best”.
If you are stressed during a test, turn your attention to breathing. Relax, put your hand on your stomach and slowly
draw some deep breaths. This will calm you down.
Relax your brain on the last day before a test. Have a quick final look at the materials. Feeling guilty the last day is a
natural reaction even if you prepared well. So relax.
Good worry motivates you. Bad worry wastes your energy.
Double check your answers. Look away, shift your attention, and then recheck.
 
 
 

 
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writing and summarizing what he learned, which helps him learn and remember the material even better!
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He isn't a genius, he's becoming one with the power of science
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We should all rewrite it too!
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Let's do it in different modern languages!

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Like C#?

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Boolean isProcrastinating = true;

while(!isProcrastinating) {
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• Gamecool_10 • 1y
You're procrastinating...
While not procrastinating, write down notes.
I know, I know, it's simple, but I wanted to make sure I knew what I was reading >.<

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•• popedarren • 1y
Well... technically, TranscribeNotes() is a function, which has its own (unknown) code, so it could really be
doing anything. It could flip the isProcrastinating switch if the isDontFeelLikeIt switch is true, or it could call
the Fuckitol() function, which opens Reddit. Everyone knows that once that function has been called, there
will be no other thread vying for processing time.
Side note: I've always thought "Fuck it all" sounded like a nice pill you take to turn life down. Fuckitol.

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••• EffTheIneffable • 1y
This is funny and all, but if you really want to get technical about it, no matter what code TranscribeNotes
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••• fucksgrammer • 1y
You can not change isProcrastinating variable from TranscribeNotes() function because of scope. Also
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Must be a redditor, because that code snippet will cause you to always procrastinate and never take notes!

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• •  Vicster10x • 1y
Speaking of procrastination, this course is ancient. I took it in late 2013, early 2014. Awesome course.
Biggest take home is that worrying makes your neurons a bunch of tight asses that reject new information
automatically. Being careless actually helps you absorb and retain what you would normally reject when
worried or even trying to "pay attention" hyper vigilantly.
I learned this in high school. I gave no shit, and tried to sleep when possible, yet somehow passed simply by
acing tests. My ACT score was 28 and I guessed on every math problem after the first 3 or 4.
So fuck it. That's how it's done, son. Fuck it all.

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Just saying this throws a compilation error because bool is the boolean data type in C# not Boolean...
Somebody's a Java developer

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Nope, I use C#.NET, which definitely has a Boolean type. Like String vs string.

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I already did that with the single click of my mouse for an upvote.

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Teaching someone what you learn is a higher level of learning.

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He's actually re writing and summarizing what he learned, which helps him learn and remember the material even
better!

That's what I always tried to do in university when I was studying for exams. If I had a friend taking the same class, I'd
ask them to send me their notes, and then over the course of a few hours/days I'd rewrite them all in my own words with
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This selfish asshole is just using us to learn!
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I really like the fact that you took the time to thank the original author for summarizing the course and tell us why you liked
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I really like the fact that you took the time to thank the commenter for thanking the original author for summarizing the
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Absolutely this. Thanks so much! Having read your summary, I'll definitely take this course now.

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Shift your thinking from "I am afraid of this test" to “I am excited to do my best”.

This resonated with me. I'd been struggling with presentations until I changed my mindset:
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I for one found it very useful learning about what he learned from Learning how to learn.

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 Viverette • 1y
Procrastination was always something that I could find a way to justify ("I work well under pressure", all that bullshit) but it's
started to hinder me in my MA program. This really put it in to perspective for me and is exactly what I needed to see this
morning.
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I sympathize with that. I was such a bullheaded freshman that I thought it was a cool thing that I did every single essay in
my literature class on an all-nighter. I think the system is somewhat flawed in that it's possible to succeed that way, to the
detriment of the student's overall learning experience.

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 stopf1ndingme • 1y
Only subjects that weeded out this behaviour were the ones with weekly online and timed quizzes. Quizzes that were
weighted to at least 20% of the final mark. Some kids got together in groups to do the quizzers but the majority did it
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 sohetellsme 8 • 1y
I always think of procrastination as not putting off the entire project/assignment, but putting off the first few seconds of
starting the project/assignment.
In those terms, procrastination just seems like a dumb thing to do.
Another way of seeing it, is to look forward to having the task done, instead of thinking about doing the task itself. I hate
doing the dishes, but I'd love to have all my dishes be cleaned.

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 Spurgita • 1y
As a serial procrastinator, thanks! I'll be sure to finish reading this... tomorrow.
In all seriousness, though - great post!

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 JypsiCaine • 1y
I've had the Coursera link in my bookmarks for like 3 months. I get emails from them all the time, reminding me that there's
learning about learning to be done. Without fail, I figure "I'll check that out later."
After reading this post, though....I think I'll check it out later. But for real this time, I swear

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 Imponaut • 1y
So when should we start messaging you to see if you've started?

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RemindMe! 3 weeks

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 sohetellsme 8 • 1y
Every class is like a party for your brain. You wouldn't procrastinate
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 AirieFenix • 1y
Same happened to me. Things is, it'd be nice make through it while it's still going. It happens to me every time I get
subscribed to an online course.

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 Deioness • 1y
Same here lol

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 UlyssesSKrunk 3 • 1y
What's worst is when the for real this time feeling hits right as I go to bed.

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I literally read week 1 and then said, hmmm I'll bookmark this for later.

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 workaccountoftoday 5 • 1y
I rapidly scrolled down, my eyes happened to stop on this sentence alone

Did you seriously try to understand the text?

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 evitagen-armak • 1y
I tried to try at least.

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 Nastyboots • 1y
... yes

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So many bookmarks from reddit that Ive never read

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 ExplodingSofa • 1y
Haha, that's where I stopped too to save it for later.

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Stop procrastinating what amounts to a few moments!

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 French_Guy_Number_2 • 1y
This is awesome! I love learning about learning. I have had so much success in both academics and art when I can manage
to use these types of techniques to learn. Some other fun facts based on empirical evidence:
-Hand written notes are far more effective at creating long term memories than typing notes on a keyboard.
The order for most effective study routines: 1st is rehearsal and testing, 2nd is testing with no rehearsal, and 3rd is rehearsal
with no testing.
This means you should be writing notes in class, and giving yourself mini tests after working through a section. Make your
mini tests have value- maybe if you get 15 out of 20 questions right, you can buy yourself a candy bar. Tests = no aid and high
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 Nepoxx • 1y

Hand written notes are far more effective at creating long term memories than typing notes on a keyboard.

I wonder if that's in part due to the fact that that's the tool what we had when we were young.

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 big_bearded_nerd • 1y
The original research behind this phenomena would argue that this happens because of the kinesthetic connections
your brain makes between the stuff you are learning and the movement you are making when you write those notes.
Of course, things like the act of summarizing what you are learning, as well as being able to review those summaries,
has a lot to do with it too.

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 dslybrowse 1 • 1y
I believe it's thought to be because it forces our brains to interpret the information again in a slightly new way. First, it
should be "in your own words" as I'm sure we've all heard a hundred teachers say. This makes you reformulate it and
attempt to understand it much more thoroughly. Then, you're physically forming each word, which further helps your
brain remember it, as it's now considered the information using a whole new part of the brain.
I dunno, sounds about right to me.

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 mademoiselleboite • 1y
Most of the articles I've read argue that it's because handwriting notes forces you to actively listen and try to distill
important concepts or information to write down because handwriting is so much slower. Typing, on the other hand, is a
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lot faster and enables you to try to capture almost everything in the source without actively paying attention to what you
are typing. It's a quantity over quality issue.
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 sohetellsme 8 • 1y
There's a guest speaker in the course that actually disagrees with having students take in-class notes. It distracts students
from paying enough attention to the lecture and trying to understand the material.
LHTL makes a point of debunking the myth of multitasking and helping you maximize the use of the brain's very limited
short-term memory (the part the collects new knowledge). See the description of focused vs. diffuse modes of thinking.

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 Wolf7Children • 1y
As a current grad student that has never taken a full page of notes before, I agree. At this point I can't imagine trying to
write everything down in any reasonably complicated course, it would go in one ear, onto the page, and out the other. I
find my study time is usually significantly less than my peers in many cases, and I think it might be because I've already
"studied" by actively processing the material given in class. This is all anecdotal of course, but it's something I've
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 whyarewe • 1y
Ehh. It might depend on your field. I studied physics and mathematics, and taking full notes was a good idea since
the prof often explained things better in lecture than the textbook and provided pretty good notes on the blackboard.
If your professor goes at a reasonable pace you can take full notes and not be rushing to scribble everything down.

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 tukutz • 1y
That's actually why I recorded lectures during undergrad. I'd just listen, parse, and take very light notes during class (if
at all), then pull apart the lecture that same day. Gave me a firm two passes while my peers were doing the whole,
scribble as fast as possible while missing key points of the lecture.

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Interesting point. However, doesn't learning relate to how individuals learn and how their memories work? What about an
individual who would simply drift off and pay no attention in the lecture? Are they better off taking notes to at least
make them focus on being in the lecture? Even then, they may not learn anything that is said, but at least they have the
notes. I think that individuals who can sit in a lecture, not take notes and recall a lot of what they have learned have
strong auditory skills and specific memory and recall strengths. The brain is a complicated organ. How can there be a
set way for everyone to learn? If you are fortunate enough to know and understand your brain strengths and
weaknesses in relation to processing and short-term and long-term memory, etc., then learning how to take studying
suggestions and adjust them is the key. Is it not? Edit: typos

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 I find that typing notes while actively listening is best for me because I can type MUCH faster than I can write by hand.
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 forgtn • 1y
So take all your in-class notes by typing them during the lecture, and then rewrite them by hand later? Sounds legit.
Also, another guy said to take very light notes and focus purely on the lecture. But record the lecture and listen to it a
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This sounds awesome, but I wish I had known about this before I graduated college. :(

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 TrigEd • 1y
Never stop learning.

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"People think that education can be finished" someond said.

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 pokeyoupine • 1y
I got my Bachelor's the traditional way, straight out of high school. I changed my major several times, like most students. I
ended up with a Business degree because it seemed versatile.
I've got kind of a short attention span and I LOVE learning new things, whatever they are. You could have me scrubbing
decks or picking up poop--if I'm learning something new, I'll be pretty happy.
I've changed my career several times. I've been a professional stage manager (live theater), worked in retail management,
been a veterinary technician long enough to place catheters, draw blood, and monitor anesthesia, and now I work in direct
marketing (for the second time).
I'm back in school for Graphic Design.
In my free time, I practice foreign languages, crochet, "master" various cooking techniques, study affiliate and growth
marketing, and bowl. All of which takes a lot of learning.
College is not the end of learning, it's the beginning. It's the first time you really get to choose what you want to devote your
time to. But after college? Learning continues forever.

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 evitagen-armak • 1y
And here I thought I was indecisive. Live on friend!

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 pokeyoupine • 1y
:) I just finally embraced it.

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 pokeyoupine • 1y
I write a ton, but nothing especially focused or public. I'm not sure I would know what to blog about!
Though, you've got me thinking now. Maybe my eclectic nature is something to blog about!

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 AzazelsTime • 1y
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....how do you get so many varied jobs, when you can't have extensive experience in any? I am struggling to get a good
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 RoundSilverButtons • 1y
IT guy here. We never stop learning.

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 Zergom • 1y
IT guy here, when you stop learning, you've capped your salary.

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 tossme68 • 1y
When you stop learning you will quickly join the unemployed in our business. IT is interesting, in the early 80's when I
started you had to learn everything; hardware, software, networking because if you wanted something you had to do
it yourself. By the 90's you had to specialize, there was just so much stuff to learn you just couldn't learn everything.
Now I just amazed by what I've misses, I'm relearning programming and stuff that would have taken forever way back
when I can do now in a line or two of code. The cool this is that it isn't a stagnant profession so there is always
something to learn so you can always improve yourself.

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 GradGurl • 1y
As a cognitive professor that specifically researches learning, I'll definitely defend a lot of the info here.
I also have to say that the "brain hemisphere" stuff is rubbish. We aren't wired that way, it's one of those pesky neuroscience
myths, like how we only use 10% of our brain. Pretty much the only things that are lateralized are language processing and
production areas, and there are lots of exceptions to that as well.
But, yeah, generally speaking good info and good outline. 10/10 would review again.

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 QuantumSand • 1y
I'm glad you're saying the rest of the info is solid, I got quite skeptical after reading the brain hemisphere stuff.

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 hopefulwarrior • 1y
In defense of the course, it does mention that the whole left brain right brain theory has been debunked. But some of the
insights of papers are still valid observations.

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 coldismyblood • 1y
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 Mechakoopa • 1y
That's possibly partially because it was designed using the principals it's trying to teach in order to keep you motivated to
learn. There should be a companion course "Learning how to teach" that teaches the same information but in the context
of how to design courses and information in order to be more easily accessible to learners.

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 Vidrai • 1y
tl;dr: take the course or you won't remember most of the information in this post.

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 meflou  • 1y
I strongly agree!
Really, the course is fun and informative. The visual aids in the videos presented in the course are great and take your
understanding to a different level. I still find myself thinking about zombies (habitual procrastination routine) and vampires
(metabolic toxins) as I read the text and I can recall the information nicely because of the metaphors and analogies
displayed.
If you've got the time, the course is worth it.

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 Mellothewise • 1y
Not looking for sympathy but do you think it's worth it even if you already graduated from college?

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 IronTwinn • 1y
Totally! Never stop learning. If you're unemployed, then you should have plenty of time to work upon yourself and
unleash your potential for future tasks and endeavors. So do it!

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 thejetbox1994 • 1y
I'm going to give you a sympathy upvote. _^

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Strong post. It's amazing how little of this is known.
I'm a big fan of "here's the summary, with what ACTUAL CHANGES you can make" as opposed to theorists talking about
hypotheticals. Success comes from making actionable changes.

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 clefff • 1y
I teach at a university, and I am going to share this with my students, because some of them are just awful at studying. Thank
you so much for creating this summary!

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I found Elon Musk's advice pretty relevant http://i.imgur.com/AB4o6HS.png

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 TheCrazyTiger • 1y
I will give this course a try. Right now I'm better in life but I passed a good 2.5 years of depression without even knowing it.
Those years passed like nothing and I almost can't remember one memorable moment from it. I procrastinated a lot and
didn't learn anything new... I hope this course helps me to motivate myself more.

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 meflou  • 1y
It's been a month since I wrote this submission. I know no one will probably see this comment but I'm really enjoying reading
your messages and comments. I would like to apologize for not being able to answer them all as the time doesn't allow, but
you should know that I did read your words. Thank you!

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 sasquatch_yeti 192 • 1y
Saving this link and just wanted to say THANKS before the Rif Raff comes in to take a dump on your post.

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 unsayablepeak • 1y
Saved, this is great stuff to be reminded of whenever you start feeling discouraged with trying to better yourself. Great
summary OP!

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 sohetellsme 8 • 1y
Don't just save it. Read it three times today, twice tomorrow, and once each day for the next week.
Inspiration is fleeting; learning takes habit.

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 DeezNeezuts 7 • 1y
I just finished the prerequisite course 'learning how to learn how to learn'

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 Elbradamontes • 1y
I'm reading the foreword of "Preparing for learning: A brief introduction to learning how to learn how to learn."
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 twinturbos • 1y
This is interesting information. I am commenting on this so I can read it later (not procrastinating, just can't right now)

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 quit_daedalus • 1y
This should get stickied or something.
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 jedziemypobandzie • 1y
Dude, thank you very much. I enrolled into that course like 3 years ago but procrastinated to finish it, lol. NOW I DONT HAVE
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 whitecleats • 1y
There's an option to audit the class for free when you sign up.

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 AllHipoCrates • 1y
To add to the this, it is $49 for a certificate and no cost for the "Full Course, No Certificate" version.

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 datinghell • 1y
Just out of curiosity - how did you come across this course? Looks great though!

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 meflou  • 1y
I had to think about this for a while.
One of the email lists I am subbed to recommended this website that ranks the MOOCs.
This course was highly ranked there and I decided to take it few days ago. I got fully interested and I went through 1 week
worth of course materials every day. It's actually quite fun and the woman instructor is lovely.

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 dhawal • 1y
Awesome to hear that! I am the founder of Class Central, the website that ranks MOOCs.
Learning How To Learn is my favorite course too! Since I completed the course, I have done more than 4000+
Pomodoro sessions.

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 meflou  • 1y
Hello there! I got redirected to your website by an email from Quincy, the founder of freecodecamp.com.
I'm now thinking of what to take next out of that list!

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 GourdGuard • 1y
I completed the course as well. It's very easy.
I think most of what they tell you, you probably already know. The OP did a very complete job of summarizing. Read
through the summary above and if anything surprises you, take the course.
If you're trying to get better at something, I recommend reading Anders Ericsson's book Peak. If you've hard about
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 sanfilsr • 1y
Coursers offers all courses for free to audit.

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Thank you!

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 boboti • 1y
Ted X: ' Learning how to learn' is a nice visual support for this. Thanks for making me remember these steps!

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 yesthisisdaniel • 1y
Just signed up for this because it looks super interesting and from what I've read, it truly does help. Thanks for posting this!

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 Ilovekatrina • 1y
Is this course free?

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Yes.

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 Downvotes-All-Memes • 1y
If you read anything from this post, read the last section (at this time) on test taking tips. I don't consider myself particularly
smart, but I have done those four points without any formal training and I have always been on the good side of the bell curve
on any standardized test. They are absolute gospel.

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 papaburgandy25 • 1y
I've always heard of this site, but I'm going to check this out. Does anyone else have courses like this they'd recommend as
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Thanks for the info!

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Great rundown! I'm starting a coding boot camp (first in person session tonight!) and this course was highly recommended to
all the students so I enrolled. Thanks for taking the time to right this summary; it has given me some some guidance on pre-
learning how to learn how to learn. :P
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 JUST_PM_ME_YER_TITS • 1y
Stop procrastinating and start reading, it's worth it.

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 w0rkac • 1y
I really enjoyed taking this mooc last year, looking forward to reviewing your notes later :)

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 adambrukirer • 1y
fantastic post. This is what I'm subbed for

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Thanks, dude. I was actually looking at doing this course about a month ago.. then didn't. I always get mad they don't just
teach everything in bullet points and think making things wordy is making it more approachable*. This, however, rocks.
I have such trouble reading (I often have to reread the same sentence then same paragraph over constantly) I'm actually
looking at using a library like SMMRY to convert everything I have to read into bullet points (but without removing any details)

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 shayarsenault • 1y
This will help me as a freshman going to high school, thank you.

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 dv4der • 1y
Did anyone else read about the first two points then skim the rest? I suck at studying.

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 murdocsvan • 1y
Can we sticky this please mods?

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 [deleted] • 1y
Best use ever of a course; Please stay in the gene pool.

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 Edward_Campos 3 • 1y
 Coursera course "Learn How to Learn" wrote a book titled "A Mind for Numbers".
The instructor of the
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I listened to the audio book after taking the class. The content in the course and book are identical, but the audiobook is 9
hours long.
Do both, but if you are short on time listen to the audiobook. Also, while I am suggesting audiobooks, listen to "Mindset" by
Carol Dweck

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 The_Fluky_Nomad • 1y
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Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into posting something so helpful. I have read and re-read this a couple of
times and I really think your ideas resonate well in my head. I'm suffering especially in the area of looking at the big picture
and I always end up getting caught up in the nitty-gritty details on the first go. I've got to work on that. The points you gave on
procrastination were very good too. Now all I gotta do is put my thoughts
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 chopps001 • 1y
Why couldnt you have done this back when I had to do this course for a class?

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 StrayMoggie • 1y
/u/autotldr please shrink this course even more!

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 Barune • 1y
Very good post. For myself I've found studying in a separate place from where you waste time is best. Studying at the
computer is very difficult if you're used to redditing with it. Study requires focus and effort, it's very easy to slip into
distractions if they are a click away and the material is difficult or boring.
Also repetition. Read something, think about it, the make notes to summarise in your own words what you've read while re-
reading. Quickly read your notes to remind yourself at the next study session. This fixes it in your brain much better than just
reading, or making notes while you read first time.
For exams plan your study and stick to the schedule. If there are past papers or sample papers make sure you do them. Just
the practice writing for X hours is good and quite often you'll find the test is asking you the same stuff in a different way.
Lastly if you find yourself switching off or skimming to get to the end of a chapter or whatever, just take a break. You've had
enough and rushing to complete a section will just mean you won't take anything in.

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 blissed_and_gone • 1y
Do you think this is a useful course if you're no longer a student and aren't regularly doing any sort of studies/revision? I've
seen this class on the Coursera website and always rolled my eyes a bit at the title, but now I'm curious.

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 meflou  • 1y
I think it will be helpful for you even if you are not a student. Even though it is clearly targeting mostly university students,
especially those in engineering degrees. The instructor, a woman, is a professor of engineering at the university of Oakland.
She started learning math late, at the age of 26.
Still, most of the information it delivers is helpful for everyone, even people who are no longer students. if you go to the
forum you'll see different types of people coming from different backgrounds. I have also seen posts by old retired people.

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 [deleted] • 1y
How long did this course take you to complete? I'm curious as to the hours you put in each day as well as the overall course
length please. Would it actually take 4 weeks or did you simply space it out as so?
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 holdmynuts • 1y
Dude, thank you. I took this class as well and did not note take as well as I should of.

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 Kohano • 1y
Not sure whats better, the formatting or the information.
Thanks a lot for the quality post! Share this Link 
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 polo77j • 1y
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Killer write up

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 CaptainAchilles • 1y
"Chunks: Pieces of information, neuroscientifically speaking, bond together through use and meaning. They can get bigger
and more complex, but at the same time, they are single easy to access items that can fit into the slot of the working
memory."
Interesting how we are programming our brains like computers......even down the the "slots of the working memory".

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 [deleted] • 1y
Coursera is a very good place for learning. I'm currently doing a course on game development using Monogame in C# and
would recommend that to anyone wanting to get into game development or learn how to use the Monogame framework.
It would be good to have enough time to take this course too... T_T

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 Teh_Chap • 1y
tagging this so i can read it later

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 Dog_Lawyer_DDS • 1y

Coursera

Fuckin' Statistical Molecular Thermodynamics with Dr. Cramer

this series is the only reason I passed physical chemistry

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 Pirlomaster 9 • 1y
This * 100000000000x. I haven't done the course but Im reading the book they use in it, and it's literally changed my life. I
used to be completely incompetent when it came to learning, I hated school, especially math, now im breezing through my
math studies & not to mention learning how to program as well.

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 eloijasper • 1y
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 PM-ME-YOUR-DOGPICS • 1y
This post looks good, I'm gonna save it and read it some other time

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Thank you very much for the Google doc! Appreciate it a lot.

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 RedErin • 1y

Learning a new thing or doing something you would rather not do can be stressing. This can cause anxiety at first. This
activates the area associated with pain in the brain.

This gave me an epiphany. It's why I procrastinate so much. The anxiety is causing me to recoil from doing whatever I was
procrastinating from.
I think I should start taking SSRIs again.

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 shiro_cat • 1y
This part of your summary is about to change my life. "It was shown that exercising and/or being in a rich social environment
helps your brain produce new neurons. Don’t lock yourself in your room. Stay active and spare time for exercise (including
general physical activities) and friends daily."
I've been quite stubborn with the time spent doing is time spent gaining, even though I've picked up a few of the points
mentioned in your summary over these years. I never had the urge to change myself though, until recent failures and
realization. This post might just have came in time to give me a real wake up call.
Your post fills me with determination!

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 dhmallon • 1y
I've saved this to read later

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 hi_im_sefron • 1y
I am actually currently reading one of the books by the author of this course, Dr. Barbara Oakley. Fantastic ideas on how to
train your brain.

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 idankor • 1y
More like this post please.

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 ProfKABOOM • 1y
Thanks!

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 rishinator • 1y
I can't thank you enough, This is gold for me right now as I am tutoring my sister to a tough medical entrance exam. The exam
is in 5 months so I haven't got time to take the whole course, I will be reading everything here you've summarized to her.
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 meflou  • 1y
Glad to hear that. :)
Good luck to both of you!

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 FireFromtheHorizon • 1y
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Just going to save this for later. I definitely wont forget about it. 
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 Ben-solo-11 • 1y SHARE LINK

I find the explanation of procrastination interesting. This applies to me as an adult as well as my middle school aged children.
Really looking for ways to help my kids not "end up like me" (not that it is so bad). I live a fine life, but I have stressed myself
out throughout, mostly due to procrastination.

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 TherealScrable • 1y
Alright, this post excels every other post I saw on this sub. Great work. Although the "Do not worry" attitude is pretty hard for
me.
For once an actual post which helps gets posted here... Somehow I can't begin anything with all these supposed to be
inspirational quotes

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