| I love learning. "Deep work" and "flow" is something I'm aiming at. And I was pondering why I'm falling short. It seems like I was blindfolded about learning. I used to see it as taking as much input as possible. Example: want to learn React? Read books, follow tutorials, do exercices on your computer.
Then I realized this was not effective. The missing part was the output. I figured out, not only I need to take input (read), to process it (practice), but also to do it for someone else.
This can be explaining to someone, showing what I do, teaching, making a video or a tutorial. I used to be very good about learning early in my life. I now realized it wasn't because of the resources (It was almost zero), but because I was so excited to show my dad, my brother and sister what I could accomplish on the computer.
If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have learn anything. I certainly put a lot of practice into it, but it was only a consequence of my excitement to show others. Lately I followed lots of tutorials and books, but was not excited about it, because I was learning those only for myself. Producing output (teaching others, videos, blog, useful projects) is key. |