Archer - Learn: Cognitive Psychology - How to Learn, Any Skill or Subject in 21 Days!

"You don't learn to walk by following rules..." Richard Branson

Reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy we do it the same way other people are doing it. Instead, boil things down to their most fundamental truths and then reason up from there. Elon Musk

Are you ready to turn your life on its head?

This is a real red pill, blue pill moment. If you ever want to be able to sit in a traditional class and enjoy it again dont read this book.

Once you see how incredibly quickly you can absorb and learn any skill or subject when you follow advanced learning strategies, you will never be able to go back. In fact, you will always find traditional ways of learning things annoying. It may make you angry to see the way other people still study.

Then again, it may make you sing for joy. As you reach levels of skill in a few short weeks that take other people months and years to attain. As you use this incredible advantage in life again and again for any skill you wish to turn your hand to.

Theres a truth to learning. Learning is reaching a desired result. A desired destination. This could be a certain level of skill or knowledge. An ability to accomplish something that requires that level of skill or knowledge.

There are many people trying to reach that destination, and it is always tempting to do it the same way others do it. So here is a fundamental truth to learning to always hold in mind there is a quickest route to that destination, but it is very rarely the route the majority of people are following. Very rarely indeed.

As Elon Musk puts it in the quote at the beginning of this introduction, the first thing you need to do is define your destination and boil it down into the most fundamental truths. Define exactly the components that will get you there. Then ruthlessly cut out all the rest.

Dont look around you to see what everyone else is doing. Start learning strategically. Thats the mindset behind this book. Learning a skill or subject in 21 days is about going right to the end result, breaking it down, and then going straight there on the most direct route, cutting out all that is unnecessary. This book will teach you how to do this.

Its about identifying the most important, absolutely essential subskills or subsets of information. Then its about absorbing those subskills, techniques, and subsets of knowledge as rapidly as possible using the worlds most advanced techniques for absorbing knowledge and replicating skills.

This book will show you how to do all this too.

Your adventure in speed-learning is all about clear thinking, and minimalism. Absolute minimalism. Identifying and removing all barriers and obstacles. Identifying and removing all unnecessary actions. And developing absolute focus and optimal use of your time.

Combining this with maximum strategic learning techniques. Working with your own mind and body using the most advanced methods developed in the fields of cognitive science, positive psychology, competitive sports, physics, memory enhancement, neuro linguistic programming, and the deconstructed learning methods of world class performers taken from hundreds of skills and subjects.

We dont yet know the fastest way the human brain and body can learn. Science is still working on it. But we do know 100 times more than we did 20 years ago. And 1,000 times more than we did 100 years ago, which was when most traditional learning methods were developed. The methods still used today by most teachers and students.

As the themes running through this book are minimalism and clarity, this book itself is concise, and lays out the principles in as clear a manner as possible. Strategy and structure are also key themes in rapid learning. So we have formed these world-class principles into a 21-day learning structure, into which you can insert almost any skill or subject, and use to attain a good level in just three weeks. Without these strategies you would most likely take months or years to reach the same level of skill.

To see the complete, summarized, recommended 21-day learning program on one quick cheat sheet, you can skip straight to the last chapter. The best way to read this book is to skim through it once, and get an overview of the main principles and lessons. Then read it again more carefully. And finally taking it step by step, chapter by chapter, as you implement the stages, applying them to your own chosen skill or subject.

In this way, you can learn any skill or subject in just 21 days. So without further ado, lets get started!