After having read
Talent Code, a
friend pointed me to the following article:
Why Do Some People Learn Faster?
Although
the author of that article had gotten some
lackluster reviews on some
of his
book-length work on Amazon, this article brought a distinct idea
to the forefront for me:
Attention to Error
I've always
thought that attention to detail was an important tendency in myself
that made me a good learner. But I realized that there is a distinction
between paying attention to detail and paying attention to error.
The
constant reconciliation between what you believe to be correct and what
turns out to be correct is the fuel for my personal learning.
Some people might say this is what the scientific method is all about. I'm less methodical than a scientist would be -- I find it nevertheless useful to constantly put myself in situations where I can learn informally from comparing what I expect to what actually happens.
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