Hello there, and welcome to another book review post from my blog, where I talk about a recent lesson I learned from a book, which is usually from a quote within the book. I find quotes from books the fastest way to grab my attention. Once I find an interesting quote from a book, trust me to read more to understand what it says.
Today's quote is from Scott Young's book titled Ultralearning, which says
“Learning is not a spectator sport. You must actively engage to master anything.”
How found it intriguing to want to find out what the quote means, and it boils down to something simple. The world of today is filled with so many tutorials on the internet. There is literally a guide on anything you possibly want to learn. Is it cooking, using certain computer software, how to play chess, and even the so-called money-making schemes, or how to become a millionaire? Yeah, I know you are aware of all this, and lately, if you have a phone or computer, you can literally learn whatever you want to and at anytime.
Well, here is the thing that this recent development has brought about: people now feel that learning is all about consuming as much information as possible about the given stuff you want to learn, which is what Scott Young is opposing with the above quote. He claims that true learning, or better still, ultra learning as he puts it, is about active engagement. It has to be a two-way street from both sides of the party. Now I get it when lecturers back then in my university days were considered about students reading up on the next topic in the course outline for the next class. It is because they wanted two way street learning where it is not only one side, that is giving out the information why the other party stares at you while you speak, but rather a system of the lecturers teaching while the students ask questions or even share more light on the topic at hand.
The idea of ultralearning is based on the notion that learning is not complete until you have applied what you learned. It is not all about listening, reading, or even writing things down that makes it ultralearning, but you have to apply the knowledge you have acquired. You need to pay close attention to this part as it is the most important part of the learning journey. Application of the knowledge shows how much you have learned, and if you lack in some place, it tells you where there is room for further learning.
Learning anything without applying it is synoymous to not needing the knowledge. It is like playing a new chess opening, and you never get to use it while playing chess, so what was the purpose of learning? This changed my mind towards a whole new direction in the sense that I need to acquire knowledge or learn something because I have plans to apply the acquired knowledge towards solving a problem.
You are not learning things simply because they look fancy, but you learn because you want to apply the knowledge you have acquired. With this understanding, you can even get to know things you really want to learn because you already know how you want to apply them.
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