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Learning is great, but learning something quickly is better.
Providing that this knowledge is at least semi-permanent, I would always advise taking shortcuts and steps to make this as efficient as possible.
The days of rote learning are fading, with a whole generation of science-backed learning replacing them.
What are the fastest ways to take and learn from your notes?
I will try to help you today, as I try to do in all my writing.
1. Create a study guide — I know it’s boring
Make a study guide that contains key concepts, information, and ideas from the material you are studying.
These don’t exist just for fun, you know?
The key benefit of this is that it helps you break things down, understand the structure of topics, and see the wider and interconnected concepts.