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The Feynman Technique: Master the Art of Learning
1) Try to explain the concept as best as you can (ideally out loud, as this is much more effective). Pretend you’re having an imaginary conversation where you are explaining the concept to someone else.
2) While explaining the concept, focus on making it easier for them to understand.
3) Repeat this over and over, iteratively refining your explanatio... See more
2) While explaining the concept, focus on making it easier for them to understand.
3) Repeat this over and over, iteratively refining your explanatio... See more
dnbt777 • How to understand/retain complex concepts 10x better
The Feynman technique is a powerful mental model for self-development. It forces you to strip away unnecessary complexity, distil a concept to its purest essence, and develop a rich, in-depth understanding of whatever discipline you seek to master.
Steven Bartlett • The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
But Feynman’s brilliance was not solely due to his natural cognitive abilities. He relied on a method : a simple technique for seeing the world through the lens of open-ended questions, which he called his “favorite problems.”
Tiago Forte • 12 Favorite Problems: How to Spark Genius With the Power of Open Questions
By mimicking the challenges of practical experience, these learning strategies conform to the admonition to “practice like you play, and you’ll play like you practice,” improving what scientists call transfer of learning, which is the ability to apply what you’ve learned in new settings.
Henry L. Roediger III • Make It Stick
