Tim Ferris on how to find a Mentor

In a recent Tea Time with Tim, he got asked how to find a Mentor. I made some notes because his advice was the best I’ve encountered on this. First, let’s re-frame the question “The question is “How can I encourage people I aspire to be like, who are 10, 20, 30 years ahead of … Read more

Lessons from Arnold’s Total Recall

Lately, I’m reading more and more biographies and this one was certainly great not just because I love bodybuilding and have seen Arnold as an idol since I was a little kid, but also because this book gave me a deep insight into all his incredible achievements and the things he learned along the way. … Read more

Why some people don’t get value out of self-help books

Today I came across a review on Goodreads which pretty well sums up the notion most people have about self-help books: This book reminded me of why I stopped reading self-help books. I found this one particularly overwhelming. Filled with great inspirational advice I will just ignore because all I want to do is keep … Read more

How to learn the fundamentals of Computer Science

Over the years I’ve observed two bad things when it comes to computer science education. First, it simply is bad in general, with bad I mean badly structured and incomplete. Focusing on one thing but missing many other which are necessary to grasp the whole picture. In case the education is good, it still is mostly … Read more

How to SMART read

These are some of the basics about reading I got from Tai Lopez’s material. The Basics Have one or several reading rituals every day. Be in a comfortable position. Make sure to turn off distractions. Use a highlighter. Before starting to read Set a goal before starting to read. “Why am I reading this book?” Start by the … Read more

The Talent Code — Summary

Myelin, neural pathways, and skills Everything we think, feel and do is a result of electrical impulses traveling through our nerve fibers. We call this connected fibers “circuits.” Each circuit is responsible for a certain action, for example, thought or feeling. When we move a part of our body, it is the result of electrical impulses … Read more

10 days to faster reading — Summary

Focus on the essential. Read more of the things which will actually serve you. Here are some useful questions to ask yourself before reading something. Why am I reading this? Why do I need this information? If you can’t come up with good answers for this two questions, don’t read it. Use previewing Pre-viewing non-fiction material before … Read more

Retrieval based learning, the best study method?

Jeffrey Karpicke is a cognitive psychologist from Purdue University. His area of research looks at strategies for long-term learning and comprehension. He published several interesting studies [1,2] in which he questioned college students on how they would study for an exam. After they had read their notes or textbook one time, they had three options … Read more

The logarithmic learning curve, why its possible to be good at many things

I’m always getting a kick out of learning something entirely new. Perhaps that’s why I like to read about things outside of my expertise. Conceivably that preference of mine has something to do with the fact that we learn new skills in a logarithmic time curve as I learned in this TEDx talk. The logarithmic … Read more