Research, note taking, studying and learning

“Knowledge is not power, Knowledge is only potential power. Action is power” - Tony Robbins

The game of life is the game of ever-lasting learning. At least, it is, if you want to win. - Charlie Munger

Knowledge is a semantic tree. Identify the different parts of the tree. Make sure you are building a tree of knowledge. Do not focus on leaves and forget about the trunk. Do not focus on the trunk and forget about the leaves.

What is the goal of information? Using the stuff that we learn.

The art of memory is the art of attention. The first thing is you put the information in memory – that’s consolidating it – and then you have to be able to retrieve it. But if you’ve never consolidated it in the first place, it doesn’t exist.

You cannot remember what you cannot connect.

“There is no better teacher than history in determining the future. There are answers worth billions of dollars in a $30 history book.” - Charlie Munger

Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group … then to hell with them. - Charlie Munger

Give yourself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

When we admit what we don’t know, it increases the chance that someone, who does know, will offer to help.

Teach thy tongue to say, ‘I do not know’ and thou shalt progress - Maimonides

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing - Socrates

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet - Aristotle

After all, as Confucius reportedly said, real knowledge is knowing the extent of one’s ignorance.

The French philosopher Voltaire said it best: “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”

With every conversation I have, a book I read, a mistake I make, and new knowledge I acquire, I feel less sure about everything.

When you see a new trail, or a footprint you do not know, follow it to the point of knowing. - Uncheedah, The grandmother of Ohiyesa, The wisdom of the Native Americans

No man may climb who cannot plant his feet firmly upon the first step.

What is the aim?

1. Prodigious intellectual breadth
2. Multidisciplinary mode of reasoning
3. Thinking across disciplines
4. Learning how to think for oneself to understand the world around himself/herself

Book recommendations

1. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul

   A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains - in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.

   Use your head.

   That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve got it exactly backwards. What we need to do, says acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul, is think outside the brain. A host of “extra-neural” resources - the feelings and movements of our bodies, the physical spaces in which we learn and work, and the minds of those around us - can help us focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively.

   The Extended Mind outlines the research behind this exciting new vision of human ability, exploring the findings of neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, and psychologists, and examining the practices of educators, managers, and leaders who are already reaping the benefits of thinking outside the brain. She excavates the untold history of how artists, scientists, and authors - from Jackson Pollock to Jonas Salk to Robert Caro - have used mental extensions to solve problems, make discoveries, and create new works. In the tradition of Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind or Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence , The Extended Mind offers a dramatic new view of how our minds work, with practical advice on how we can all think better.

Reading material

1. See the article Publishing tools and options
2. Here is a great articles that talks about this topic https://modelthinkers.com/playbook/future-proof-with-learning-hacks
3. You and Your Research
4. Principles of Effective Research
5. On learning and being present

Learning resources

1. MIT Learn https://learn.mit.edu/topics

Tags

1. See “Mindset needed for learning” in Psychology
2. Learning
   1. Where does learning begin?
   2. How are learning and opportunity related?
   3. Learning Plateaus
   4. How Einstein Learned Physics
   5. The Feynman Technique: The Best Way to Learn Anything
   6. Learning Plateaus
   7. Single-Loop and Double-Loop Learning
   8. Top-down vs Bottom-up approach to learning
   9. The best approach to teach yourself anything and be good at it
   10. Learning - The usual way vs The Inner Game way
   11. Habits that boost learning process
   12. The best approach to teach yourself anything and be good at it
   13. Endless student syndrome
   14. Reflect on Your Learning by Writing
3. Note taking
   1. Capturing ideas and tasks and executing on them
   2. Note taking - Purpose and Benefits
   3. Knowledge starts with presence
   4. Note taking - Methods
   5. Note taking - Methods - taking notes from books and lectures
   6. Note taking - Methods - Write it as if you are going to teach it to someone else
   7. Note taking - Methods - Nodes or Mini Essays or Blank Sheets
   8. Publish your notes
   9. Second brain
      1. The Nexus Method: How to make the most of what you learn
      2. Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) tools
      3. Don’t let personal knowledge management hold you down
   10. Habits - Write to think
   11. Unproductive habits - Relying On Your Memory
4. Deliberate practice
5. Depth year
6. Develop a Wide Knowledge Base
7. Access to knowledge is crucial for innovation
8. Knowledge, or a means of learning is key to emancipate yourself from your own inadequacies
9. Endless student syndrome
10. First principles thinking
11. Rituals to get into a state of flow
12. Status Quo Bias and Disrupting the Status Quo
13. The difference between knowing and understanding
14. Work hard
15. Habits to become smarter