Learning

I thought I’d throw in a random chapter on what I’ve learned about learning without going into any boring detail. There are various documents and books which have been written on the process of learning which you can find by using your favourite search engine.

There’s this idea that there’s a recognised level of information and challenge which will keep you interested and hooked on something. There’s a book called “ Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience [Paperback]” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. If the challenge level goes too high everything becomes too difficult and you lose interest. If the challenge level goes too low, everything gets repetitive and boring (because you’re not learning anything new) and you lose interest.

What you need to try and do is keep somewhere above the middle bordering just close enough to difficult that you are always being challenged just enough to keep you progressing on at a steady rate which you find comfortable. Being there will always keep you interested and motivated.

Flow

If you find something in this book too easy then just skip over it. Although you might find a nugget of information lurking in there so don’t jump too quickly.