[pdm55]

A key insight, that I got from Barbara Oakley's "A Mind for Numbers", was a way to avoid procrastination. The secret was to trick your mind. Don't think, "I have to do two hours of study." Just say to yourself, "I will study for 10 minutes." The mind says, "That's easy, I can do that." Once you are started, you can then keep going.

With this trick, study becomes a habit, something you really miss if you don't do it every day.

[chadlavi]

Barbara Oakley's great. I wish her "learning how to learn" course had existed when I was in middle/high school!

[sonabinu]

Yes, I wish I knew those techniques way back. But her methods have been great and I have been able to do a number of coursera and other MOOC classes

[pmulv]

I've found that this trick works really well for reading in general, as well. If I tell myself to just read a short chapter, I often end up reading 3.