Summary – 2 steps to Learning Faster
- Do you have 1 hour/day?
- Read for 40′
- Update the Map in 20′
- Do you have 30’/day?
- Read for 20′
- Make the Map in 10′
- Do you have 10’/day?
- Read for 6′
- Make the Map in 4′
Why do you want to Read?
- Do you want to Learn about a new Topic?
- Do you want to become an Author/Writer?
- What do you want to Write on?
- Which Questions do you want to Answer?
- For whom?
- For yourself?
- If you don’t know what to write about, Read
- Reading more would help you to get rid of Writer’s Block.
- It would help you develop your World Building.
- And more generally help you write more Stories.
- And more Diverse Stories.
What do you want to Learn?
- Which Topics Are you Interested in?
- Which Topics spark you Interest?
- When did you start getting interested by them?
- What develop your Interest?
- Which event?
- Which person?
- Which Books will you choose to learn about this Topic?
- How do these Books look to you?
- Do you want to read them?
- Do you need to find others?
- Which books are enjoyable to read?
- Which books are difficult to read?
- What will it bring to you?
- Why do you want to read about this Topic?
- Be as Specific as possible.
- This answer will serve as a Basis for your future note-taking.
- Note down all the Questions you want to be able to Answer.
- All the Issues you want to be able to Solve.
What do you need to Read?
- The Target Question
- Have a Target Question in mind to Start.
- It will help you to evolve faster.
- This Question will drive your progress towards its resolution.
- Because it’s an Issue.
- For now you do not have the data to solve this Issue.
- But, the more you’ll read & write…
- …the more you’ll memorize.
- 3-4 Books in your Target Topic
- What are the best Books you can find in your Topic?
- Take 3.
- Read the Tables.
- Read them.
- 1st Example – Natural Sciences
- Target Question: How is an Atmosphere created?
- Ecology
- Evolution of Biomass
- Impact on the Composition of the Atmosphere
- Numerical Ecology
- Probabilities & Entropy
- Particles Behavior & Diffusion
- Physics
- 4 States of Mater
- Interaction between Radioactivity, Electromagnetism & Gravity
- Geology
- Degradation of the sediment layers
- Impact on the Composition of the Atmosphere
- 2nd Example – Machine Learning & Deep Learning
- Target Question: How to make a Chatbot in Python using Deep Learning?
- Deep Learning
- Structure of the Neural Network
- 4 main types of Neural Networks
- Artificial Intelligence
- How to make a Chatbot
- Game AI
- Optimization of the AI Behavior in games
- State Machines basics
- Hacking
- Security Issues of the Python, C++ & C Languages
- Pseudo-Random numbers generation
Mind Maps
- Why use Mind Maps?
- To Read faster.
- To Understand more easily.
- To have a basic Information Structure.
- To Memorize faster.
- Central Theme/Topic
- Take a piece of paper Horizontally.
- Write Your Main Idea in the middle.
- It could be the Title of the most important Book.
- It could be your Target Question.
- 4 main Themes/Topics
- Around this Main Idea add 4 more.
- These will be the 4 main Themes of the Books you’re reading.
- They can be 4 additional Questions emerging from the Main 1.
- They could be 4 Answers to this Question.
- 12 Sub Themes
- Around each of these 4 Ideas add 3.
- Each of these 3 Subthemes will refine your perception of the 4 Topics.
- Afterwards, you can refine as much as you want.
- Each time by writing down 3 new words around the last 1.
Routine & Plan
- How many Books can I read in a Year?
- How many Books do you really Need to read?
- How many Books do you really Want to read?
- What may Delay you?
- What may help you read more?
- What’s the book’s level of difficulty?
- What’s the number of pages?
- How interested are you in this topic?
- How much time do you have?
- From 12 to 52
- Can I read 12 Books a Year? – the Habit
- You’ll start with 1 book a month?
- This may be the best choice for the 1st year.
- You want to make it as Easy as possible.
- And as Comfortable as possible.
- It also offers you more time to make maps.
- And more time to remember.
- Can I read 52 Books a Year? – the Research
- Now we can read a book a week?
- What for?
- Reading more, and faster, will allow you to go through more material.
- The more Information you may process the better.
- It allows you to get in depths into the Issue.
- At this point you’ll have a substantial amount of data to elaborate an answer to you target Question.
- And you’ll want more.
- 52 books is a nice Cap.
- You won’t need to read more books.
- You may want to Write some.
- Daily Routine
- Do you have an 1 hour/day?
- Read for 40′
- Update the Map in 20′
- Do you have an 30’/day?
- Read for 20′
- Make the Map in 10′
- Do you have an 10’/day?
- Read for 6′
- Make the Map in 4′
- If you have more than 60’/day adapt the schedule proportionally.
- If your available time cannot be adapted proportionally, spend a little more time Updating the Map.
- Writing is always more important than Reading.
- Producing is always more important than Consuming.