Pascal LalibertéThe "Find Your Three" Pattern:
When at an impasse, imagine there are a hundred ways through that would unblock you (expand), and then find the three that work for you (select).
In this article, we apply this to learning, reading books in particular.
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A Hundred Ways, Find Your Three
You’re faced with an impasse in your learning, and you’re up against a preference problem.Others do learning a certain way, and you don’t learn the way they do.So imagine there are a hundred ways to go about learning some material, whether by reading a book or by some other method.