[bjourne]

My one trick would be to practice a lot. For example, if you are learning math or programming, you won't learn very much by watching ted talks, youtube videos or reading blog posts. Instead you need to spend all your hours typing code and working on progressively more difficult problems. Like if you want to learn graphics programming, start by drawing pixels, then lines, then 3d rotating shit and shading stuff. Active learning is much more important than passive learning.