1) Find an expert (Real Life (tm) or Youtube. Suspend your
disbelief and trust their word as Gold.
2) Have them show you what they do / what they know / what you
want to learn.
3) Whenever the smallest thing confuses you - a word or phrase
you don't understand - a part of the process that doesn't make
sense:
Stop them immediately and ask questions, measure, try it out,
look up more information on Wikipedia, find diagrams, other
explanations of the same thing worded differently.
Do not continue until you have grasped it, whether it takes you
a few seconds, a minute, or a day. If it is a point that you
need to feel, touch or taste, then set up an experiment, take
something apart, try to put something together - really GRASP it
completely to your fullest satisfaction. Put it in your own
words, find analogies to other things you already know about.
If you continue before you are absolutely sure you understand
and fully comprehend something, you will find yourself slipping
further and further before finally, you give up on the topic
saying, "it's too difficult". Don't. See it through and don't
let it be boring to you. Find a 'hook" that makes it interesting
for you.
4) When you do fully comprehend a point, allow them to continue
(or press "play").
5) Repeat steps 2-4 until you are satisfied about the topic.
6) Teach somebody else what you have learned as soon as you can.
This CEMENTS what you have learned in your mind, for you learn
more by TEACHING someone else than by learning it all just for
yourself. Learning comes from understanding, sharing and
feedback. That's a fact.
I applied it to 'Dissecting an Engine" video. Watched a few
seconds. Any term I did not know fully or understand, i looked
up. When I "got it", i reworded it, found an illustrative
picture, and explained it on my status update on Facebook. 'i
learn, you learn'. That 1/2 hr video I "digested" in tiny 20-30
second increments on and off throughout the day, while doing my
regular things, which made for a comfortable pace of learning
new material and didn't interfere with other things.
Example: If you know a cook whose recipe you adore (and they're
willing), ask them to show you how to make it. Now, people who
cook for a long time don't usually measure everything - they
just have a 'feel' for the right amounts.
Let's say it's a baker, and she grabs a handful of flour and is
about to toss it into a bowl. Before it goes into the bowl, STOP
HER and measure the flour and write it down. let her continue.
she pours something else in the palm of her hand. Before she
tosses it in, STOP HER, measure it, then let her continue. Keep
that going and you'll end up with a recipe - FROM AN EXPERT -
that becomes REPEATABLE. HER INTUITION is ENCODED in the amounts
she uses for her recipe - and while you may not gain her
INTUITION of the proper amounts to you, you WILL be able to make
the same recipe.
This was Ken Without The Clever Nickname - hoping it helps you
out.^
