Topic

productivity

A collection of 8 issues

What science knows about learning maths

Just like we can't learn ping pong from watching videos, children can't learn math from reading textbooks or listening to a teacher, instead, they learn math by doing math, ideally with real objects because only when they do math relationships are constructed right where math happens, in their heads. Whatever

Principles, Models, Theory of Learning

John Dewey’s 4 Principles of Education 1. Learning by doing He observed that children learn better when they are actively engaged, because they are immersed in the present and not a distant future, such as final exams. 2. Discussion The discussions prepare the students for life in a democratic

Increase Your Intelligence

1. Observational Change You’re stuck on a difficult problem—something far out of your depth. You look at that problem, and you say, “this is way too hard for me” or “I’m not smart enough to solve this problem. But you have all the tools inside of you

Focus on learning and creating

"Entertainment and distraction is the enemy of creation and learning. They will keep you in mediocrity" Benjamin Hardy The quality of your learning determines the quality of your success. The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth - Ryan holiday You are defined by what you're willing

9 Tactics to build a stronger mind

Attention The first essential ingredient in creating a memory that's going to last longer than this present moment is attention. Your brain will never remember what you don't pay attention to Chronic Stress Chronic stress is really bad for our memory. Stress hormones mobilize your brain and body to respond,

Growth mindset vs fixed mindset

There are 2 types of mindset, 1 that embraces problems as opportunities to learn (growth mindset) and one that avoids them often out of fear of failure (fixed mindset). The fixed mindset believes that basic qualities like intelligence or talents are fixed traits, and are responsible for success, they often

How to trick the brain to do hard things

Is there a way to make doing difficult things, easy? Dopamine, it's what makes us desire things, and that desire gives us the motivation to get up and do stuff. In fact, your brain develops priorities in large part based on how much dopamine it's expecting to get, if too

You will never lack willpower again

Exercise hold your breath for 15 seconds - Holding your breath obviously, that's a little a bit of a willpower challenge. This ability to hold your breath is one of the best predictors of people's ability to succeed at difficult goals this is called distress tolerance ( the ability to stay