Learning How to Learn Is Your Superpower

December 31, 2023|2 min read

Most people optimize for information. They read the best books, take the best courses, watch the best videos.

They forget: how you learn matters more than what you learn.

I realized this learning German. I could memorize grammar rules (useless). Or I could speak badly to Germans every day (transformative).

Same information. Different learning method. Completely different outcomes.

There are learners who can self-teach anything. Not because they're smarter. Because they know their learning method.

Some need community. Some need to teach others. Some need to build things. Some need abstract theory first.

I learn by building. By breaking things and fixing them. By teaching what I learn.

So when I try to learn something new, I ask: "How do I learn best?" Then I structure that topic around my learning method.

This is multiplied power. Every hour of learning becomes more effective.

Most education is top-down. Teachers decide the method. Students comply. This fails for anyone whose learning method doesn't match.

The meta-skill knowing how you learn unlocks everything.

Spend time experimenting:

Find your method. Then use it for everything.

Your learning style isn't a limitation. It's your superpower.