Browsing the internet with another person. Different from an interview in that you see 2 people browsing and discussing at the same time.
neural pathways we don’t use die off over time. What makes our brains hold on to these pathways — and create more — is not simply repeating the same things we’ve learned over and over again, but continually taking on difficult problems.
The most important person in the learning process is the learner. The next most important is the teacher… The teacher does not fill up bottles—it’s much more like gardening. You don’t grow plants by going out with Scotch tape and sticking leaves onto the stems. The plant grows. But the gardener creates as far as she or he can the conditions for gro... See more
we’re slow to learn because most learning is about emotions yet most of us are taught to focus on everything but emotion
good learners often have great emotional/psychological management
the most effective way to learn and make progress is to cultivate beautiful emotions via the process (the act) of the skill you’re learning
but somehow most of... See more
thinking about when my dad was teaching me to drive and had me do my route to school (12 miles away) three times: once at the speed limit, once at the speed limit, once 5-10 miles below, and once at 5-10 miles above
had me pay attention to how each drive felt and timed each one