How to Learn Faster with the Feynman Technique

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if you need to comprehend something to its fullest, attempt to clarify it basically.

By trying to clarify an idea in basic terms, you'll rapidly observe where you have a decent comprehension of that idea. You'll likewise have the capacity to right away pinpoint your concern territories, since they'll be the regions where you either stall out or where you wind up depending on complex dialect and phrasing.

This is the thought behind the Feynman Technique.

Named after the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman – who, notwithstanding being a splendid researcher, was likewise called "The Great Explainer" for his capacity to hand-off complex thoughts to others in basic, instinctive ways – the Feynman Technique is a strategy for learning or evaluating an idea rapidly by clarifying it in plain, straightforward dialect.

Notwithstanding helping you pinpoint those issue zones in the idea you're endeavoring to take in, the Feynman Technique gives you a fast, productive approach to shore up those ranges utilizing focused learning. It's a straightforward method, yet it'll enable you to study your subjects more efficiently.

So how do you really utilize it?

Since the base of this strategy includes clarifying the idea, you could execute it in various ways – including truly snatching a friend and disclosing to them what you've learned. In any case, you don't generally have willing friends nearby, here's the less complex strategy that just includes a sheet of paper.

Step 1: Grab a sheet of paper and write the name of the idea. You can use essentially any idea or thought – despite the fact that the procedure is named after Feynman, it's not constrained exclusively to math and science.

Step 2: Explain the idea in your own particular words as though you were showing it to another person. Concentrate on utilizing plain, straightforward words. Try not to restrain your clarification to a straightforward definition or an outline; Put yourself to work through an illustration or two too to guarantee you can put the idea to action.

Step 3: Review your clarification and recognize the ranges where you didn't know something or where you feel your clarification is flimsy. Once you've pinpointed them, backpedal to the source material, your notes, the end goal to shore up your comprehension.

Step 4: If there are any ranges in your clarification where you've utilized heaps of specialized terms or complex dialect, provoke yourself to re-compose these areas in less difficult terms. Ensure your clarification could be comprehended by somebody without the information base you trust you as of now have.

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amazing article @thepsychguide

Thanks

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Nice article ..keep writing ,Iam waiting for more