This content introduces a five-step framework called "Learn" designed to help individuals effectively teach themselves any subject by addressing common pitfalls like lack of motivation, overwhelm, and poor time management. It emphasizes genuine curiosity, structured planning, resource assembly, active knowledge reinforcement, and habit formation for successful self-education.
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Okay, so if you've ever tried to teach
yourself anything, you've probably
realized that it is incredibly freaking
hard and I understand the struggle as
I've been doing it for years. I dropped
out of university in 2020 and since then
I've taught myself all sorts of things
like everything from YouTube and online
business and now to stuff like
psychology, history, and Spanish. It's
suffice to say I love to learn. But even
though I love learning, I've struggled a
lot with stuff like motivation and
overwhelm and time management, which has
made making progress with my educational
goals difficult sometimes. But after
years and years of trial and error, I've
finally landed on a process that I can
use to help me actually learn the things
I set out to learn without all the pain
and suffering usually involved. It's a
framework I call learn for obvious
reasons and you can use it to teach
yourself anything you want. So yeah with
that let's dive in. Okay so one of the
major reasons so many people end up
giving up when learning things on their
own is because they don't start out in
the right way or with the right
intentions. which is why step one is to
lay out your motivations for whatever
you have in mind that you want to learn.
The thing about learning that you need
to be aware of is that every new subject
or skill will follow a pretty
predictable pattern. First, you'll be in
the honeymoon phase where things are
new, exciting, and progress feels fast.
In language learning, this is when
you're picking up phrases like hello,
how are you, and my name is. But
eventually that phase inevitably ends
and then you hit what Seth Goden calls
the dip, aka the long frustrating slog
between starting something and mastery
where progress slows down, the work
becomes more tedious, and the fun pretty
much disappears. The dip is just a
natural part of the learning process.
But what that means is if your
motivation isn't in the right place,
then once you hit the dip, your life
will be nothing but pain and suffering.
I actually learned this the hard way
when I tried to learn how to code. At
first, printing hello world felt
amazing. But once I started dealing with
APIs and endless error messages, I was
miserable and eventually just quit
learning. But I didn't necessarily give
up because it was too hard. I gave up
because I wasn't genuinely interested in
coding and only started to learn because
I thought I should. And that's the key.
If you want to actually make it through
the dip, then your learning needs to
come from a place of genuine curiosity,
not obligation or social pressure from
friends or family or because you're
attracted to a shiny new object. So
before you start learning, honestly ask
yourself, why do I want to learn this
thing? When you pay attention to how you
start, it will not only determine how
you finish, but determine your enjoyment
along the way. Anyway, once you have
your answer, you can then move on to
step two, establishing a learning road
map. So you can think of a learning road
map as your personal step-by-step guide
that shows you what you'll cover and in
what order. So to start building out
your road map, there's a couple things
you'll first need to do. So the first
thing you'll need to do is decide your
destination, as in the level of depth
you want to achieve. Like do you want
mastery where you'll be able to read
psychology papers? Or do you want to be
well read like finishing all the classic
philosophy books? Or do you just want to
get a solid foundation? Like for me, I
just want to know the basics of subjects
like economics and political science. I
don't care to become an expert in them.
I just don't want to feel dumb whenever
people talk about those subjects and I
want to join in on the conversation. But
anyway, your answer will set the scope
of the road map. So a mastery level road
map might look a lot like a full
university syllabus. Well, a
foundational road map could just be five
or six broad categories. But with that
being said, how do you know what to add
to your road map when you don't know
what you need to know? Well, that is
where MOOs come in. Massive open online
courses. So schools like MIT, Gale and
Harvard and sites like Corsera and Udemy
and Khan Academy all have entire syllabi
and courses online that you can borrow
from or just follow directly like I'm
doing right now with MIT's intro to
psychology course. So these courses give
you structure in a logical order already
laid out for you so you don't have to
worry about it. But just remember,
self-education isn't school and it's not
a prison. You can skip or expand or
reshuffle topics as you like. So, as an
example, if you're learning philosophy,
you don't have to start with Plato. You
could jump straight into whatever
philosopher or school of philosophy you
want. But anyway, after you create the
structure, the next step is to decide
whether you want to add deadlines. Some
people like checkpoints, like finishing
a module each week. Personally, I prefer
a flexible pace where I can either binge
several lessons one week or spend weeks
on one lesson. Just keep in mind your
road map is completely personal and
designed around your goals, your pace,
and your preferences. You can also even
make several road maps at once if you're
studying multiple subjects, but just be
realistic about what you can handle. I
found three at a time, like psychology,
history, and Spanish to be my limit. But
yeah, once you've got your road map
mapped out, you're then ready for step
three of the learn system, assembling
your resources. But before we get into
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