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Instant Learning of Conceptual Knowledge – Steps 3 to 5
You
can move forward as fast as you want. You can absorb information at the speed
of thought. You can use the processes explained in this book to get all A’s in
school, to earn a doctorate, to pass an exam, or just to become the smartest
person on the planet.
Instant
learning is the acquisition of knowledge and skills as fast as they are taught
or demonstrated to you—instantly. We’ve
discussed the first two steps, now here are the next few:
Step 3: Methodology and
Application
As
you capture the definitions and categories that make up your field of study,
begin taking notes on application.
How
can the knowledge be applied or used? What are the most common methodologies
used in the field? How do the best practitioners get the results that they get?
The
key question here is “How is this used?” or “How is it actually done?”
How
is this used? How is it actually done?
Step 4: Add-ons
In
every field of learning there are interesting facts and information that you
may want to capture but that are not fundamentally important to understanding
the essence of that field.
Create
a place in your notes to capture this information as well.
Step 5: Relation and
Evaluation
After
you capture new information, you need to tie it into your existing neural map.
Learning can be thought of as the linking of the known world with the unknown
world.
Your
learning must be tied to what you already know!
The
key question here is “How is this like or unlike the things that I already
know?”
“How
is this like or unlike the things that I already know?”
For
example, you may find the Instant Learning approach to be more structured than
other learning approaches you have worked with, or you may see it as being
similar to how a good textbook is constructed.
Another
key factor here is to evaluate the information. Add your own distinctions based
on knowledge you already have.
For
example, if you are familiar with Mind Mapping, popularized by Tony Buzan, you
might add to your notes “Mind Mapping could be used in this step to link
learning with past ideas.”
In
the final article, we’ll discuss the last two steps in Instant Learning.