Learning to Learn – restructured from John Sonmez

• derived from on Learning to Learn blogpost by John Sonmez (Simple Programmer)

Steps to Learn effectively

1. scope
2. goal (with deadline)
   • personal addition: have follow-up goals
3. find resources
   • outline basic plan (mindmap)
   • search -> skim successful paths and tables of contents
   • ask experts
   • -> actionable plan (what (scope); how; which resources)
4. practice
   • study and apply at the same time
   • reorganize information -> restructure in own words; eventually prepare talk/course
     • want to be able to „explain it simply, because you understand it well enough“
   • use immersion: apply learnings to daily life
     • for programming: pair programming
   • learn from failures: apply weak knowledge -> if you fail figure out why