Leon Chaudhari
Smart Learning - Accelerate Your Learning
Welcome to this course!
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About the Instructor
Speed Learning - Accelerate Your Your Learning
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About the Instructor
Speed Learning - Accelerate Your Your Learning
Leon Chaudhari
Entrepreneur, Award Winning Inventor & Author > Started working at the Free University of Berlin at age 14 (department of physics; Worked with electron spin resonance spectroscopy) > won national and international awards for my scientific research and academic excellence > speaking 7 languages (German, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean) > got my PhD offered at age 17 for my research on skin cancer
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What You Will Learn In This Course
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What You Will Learn In This Course !
Speed learning techniques that made it possible for me to learn 7 languages within 5 years
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Memory hacks that helped me for instance remember 5000 Chinese characters within one year
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Speed-reading hacks to read books faster
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General concepts about memorizing and preparing knowledge
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Preparation of Educational Material
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Factors To Make Your Learning More Efficient
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Factors To Make Your Learning More Efficient !
In order to accelerate your learning we need to first of all properly schedule and organize your learning.
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Important factors to notice:
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Attention Span (relative to subject and
interest in subject) !
Psychological Learning (logical
combination: math-english-chemistry; illogical combination: math-physicschemistry) !
Personal Timetable, Habits & Goals
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Attention Span
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Attention Span !
Attention span is relative to daily happenings; If you study a lot or work a lot every day, your attention span will decrease on that day but will increase in the long term 80 60 40 20 0
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100 75 50 25 0
NOTE: Skill comes from intelligence and repetition. Your brain is like a muscle. The more often
you work it out, the stronger it will get. Thus, the more you study, the better at studying you will become.
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Short, Middle & Long-Term Learning
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Short, Middle & Long-Term Learning !
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SHORT TERM LEARNING
Quick repetitive learning, using the front part of your brain, less methods, simply taking in knowledge
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MIDDLE TERM LEARNING
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Less repetition, more individualization of learning methods (the more methods of learning, the better)
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LONG TERM LEARNING
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Review-based learning, using Software tools like Anki
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Learning Methods - Using Different Kinds of Material
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Learning Methods - Using Different Kinds of Material !
Try to split up the knowledge you have to study with different types of media.
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Example: Learning vocabulary
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#1: Speak the vocabulary in a memo and listen to it on the go/car/in bed
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#2: Create sound data bases: Which words sound similar to the ones you need
to study? Write these words next to the words you need to study! !
#3: Use Anki (software application) to remember words, pictures etc.
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#4: Write down the vocabulary as often as you can (and change the order)
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The Importance of Repetition
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The Importance of Repetition > The most simple hack of them all: REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT! > Often, there is no magic formula to studying quickly except than studying effectively > One must whole-heartedly analyze their own studying behavior and afterwards adapt the studying habits that create the greatest benefit for them
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Study Timetable
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Tool Name/Day of the week
Monday
mp3
x
video writing
Tuesday
x
Friday
x
x
x
x x x
explaining
x
x x
x
other Amount:
Thursday x
reading group studying
Wednesday
x 3
3
3
x 3
3
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Changing The Order
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Changing The Order !
When studying, change the order of methods that you are using;
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Mixing the methods will result in more interest in learning and thus in a much higher concentration level and ensures longer studying
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Try to study differently every day
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Analyzing Learning Methods - Full Guide
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Tool Name/Day of the week
Monday
mp3
x
video writing
Tuesday
x
Friday
x
x
x
x x x
explaining
x
x x
x
other Amount:
Thursday x
reading group studying
Wednesday
x 3
3
3
x 3
3
Tool Name/ Day of the
Monday
Efficiency
mp3
x
5
video writing
Tuesday
x x
Efficiency Wednesday Efficiency Thursday Efficiency
6
x
explaining
9
x
6
x
10
other Amount:
5
x
7
x
4
x
x 3
6
Efficiency
x
7
x
4
x
6
10
reading group studying
x
x
Friday
3
3
5 3
10
3
Tool Name/ Day of the
Monday
Efficiency
mp3
x
5
video writing
Tuesday
x x
Efficiency Wednesday Efficiency Thursday Efficiency
6
x
explaining
9
x
6
x
10
other Amount:
5
x
7
x
4
x
x 3
6
Efficiency
x
7
x
4
x
6
10
reading group studying
x
x
Friday
3
3
5 3
10
3
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Drawing Conclusions From Learning Methods Analysis - Full Question Sheets
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Drawing Conclusions From Learning Methods Analysis - Full Question Sheets !
Q1: Which methods worked most efficiently and can be used daily?
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Q2: How did I feel with the scheduling with the learning modules?
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Q3: Can I incorporate these modules in my daily life so they cost me less time?
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Q4: Is there a method that sometimes worked well but sometimes did not work well?
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Q5: Will I be able to maintain the resources needed in order to practice this method?
(for instance group work or explaining to someone else) !
Q6: Are there any (financial) disadvantages connected to the methods that I am
using?
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Speed Memory - How to Memorize Things More Quickly
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How Does Our Memory Work?
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How Does Our Memory Work?
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the hippocampus and other parts of the brain together make up the memory
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the first part of memorizing is ENCODING information
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the second part is the CONSOLIDATION
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the last one is RETRIEVAL
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Connecting Information With Each Other
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Connecting Information With Each Other TASK: Remember the numbers 5, 9, 12, 4, 3
4x
9x
5x
12x
3x
Connecting Information With Each Other
5x
9x
4x
We have even made it more complicated now. So, how is this supposed to help us remember more words, numbers, information?
12
3
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Creating Little Tales Around Information
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Creating Little Tales Around Information TASK: Remember the numbers 5, 9, 12, 4, 3
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9x
5x
12x
3x
Creating Little Tales Around Information TASK: Remember the numbers 5, 9, 12, 4, 3
4x
9x
5x
12x
3x
Creating Little Tales Around Information
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On world #5, 9 geese ate 4 apples and 3 dogs ate 12 oranges.
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Building Stories (My Personal Hacks)
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Building Stories (My Personal Hacks)
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Place (World 9, Train Station 4, Bus 3)
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Time (Year 2077, 12:43h, Day 4500)
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Book page (4, 6, 900, 47, 88)
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What is happening? - 9 dogs eating 4 cats - 5 trees falling on three houses
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Building Sound & Word Databases
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Building Sound & Word Databases
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When you learn vocabulary or need to memorize other information, write down words you associate with this word or that sound similar
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Example #1: Eleutheronomie - Immanuel Kant, Philosophy, Germany
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Example #2: 卡拉OK (kalaOK) - Karaoke
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Speed Reading - Learn To Become A Speed Reader
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Why Is Speed Reading So Important?
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Why Is Speed Reading So Important?
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Take in more knowledge in the same amount of time
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Before exams, this technique could save you ;)
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It’s a valuable skill in life. You will be able to learn and experience more!
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The Incredible Chewing Gum Hack & Its Applications
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The Incredible Chewing Gum Hack & Its Applications !
Just a year ago, a study discovered that if you chew chewing gum while you study and you chew that chewing gum (of the same flavor) again in the exam, you are likely to remember 13% more of what you learned.
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This does not just apply for chewing gum but any kind of flavory product (e.g. lemonade, bread, deodorant, perfume etc.). Important is only that the product must be consumed constantly while studying and while writing the exam.
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Setting You Up For Success
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