This 1 Strategy Is How You Can Learn 5+ Things At Once

Two groups are learning Spanish.

Group A studies some vocab material and tests their proficiency on that same day.

Group B studies some vocab material and tests their proficiency a month later.

8 years later, they got the tested the groups on the same material.

Group B — the group with 30 days in between the studying session and the test — retained 250% more of the material.

So, what’s going on here?

It’s a concept in the study of learning called spacing. Practice something, take some time off, then come back to practice again.

You may have heard of deliberate practice, where you design a system that’s ideal for mastering a new skill. Well you can consider spacing as distributed practice.

It’s a deliberate attempt to not practice.

So what does this mean for you, the creator?

Some skills like writing require daily practice.

But other skills require persistent focus.

Then, rest.

Then more persistent focus.

Skills like networking, asking questions, or making internet friends.

In my experience, I can’t do those types of things on a daily basis. I get burnt out. I think the reason is that they’re so intimate, and require our soul to participate.

Networking is asking by giving.

Asking questions is giving by asking.

Making internet friends is the joyful song and dance of both!

These activities tap into your subconscious. They’re skills that are core to our being and are hard to practice.

But, as creators, we have to practice them because they’re crucial to our survival!

The creator doesn’t need to practice these things on a daily basis — rather —they can apply a type of practice called spacing. It’s a deliberate attempt NOT to practice. Practice for some time, rest for a longer period of time, then come back to practice.

What happens in the process is magical. Our subconscious downloads what we learned, finds out new ways to improve and then queues the information for when we return next.

The neuroscience says that we move what we learned — the new information — from our short-term memory to our long-term memory. This increases the shelf-life of our learnings by a lot, even up to 250%!

You might say this is in conflict with what we know about learning: practice over and over and over in a short period of time, test our knowledge, and move on to the next lesson. Like the SAT or a History exam in high school.

And you’re right! That’s how we learned to learn.

But the real world isn’t suited for this type of learning.

Our most useful skills, especially the professional ones, require years of practice.

Skills like networking, asking questions, and making internet friends are infinite games that we should be playing for the rest of our lives.

If you’re an early creator, this is great news! Get started today and take pride in your rest.

Understand that creating is an infinite game.

Networking is how you increase your luck surface area.

Asking questions is how you find information that’s not free.

Making internet friends is how you connect with your fellow internet citizen.

Don’t worry about being good, just be.

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