Notes

Introduction to the Course Structure
brain gives us the ability to learn new things everyday.
Goal is to give a better learning and how we learn so that our brain becomes a better learner.
help us reframe how we think about learning, help reduce frustration, and increase our understanding.
Discover new ways to hold our focus and embed the material more deeply and powerfully in our minds
Helps avoid procrastination
These insights are based on solid research from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and also from dozen of leading instructors and practitioners in difficult-to-learn subject.

Using the Focused and Diffuse Modes
Salvador Dali
-Famous Surrealist painter of the 20th century
Dali's technique to come up with his brilliant paintings is to relax in a chair and let his mind go free, thinking about what he has focusing on.
Thomas Edison
-One of the most brilliant inventors ever
Edison used to do was sit and relax on his chair, holding ball bearing hands then let his mind go free

We we learn something new, our minds should be able to go back and fourth between the two different learning modes.
Metaphor provide powerful techniques for learning
Focused and Diffuse mode helps us learn but in very different way
Learning something difficult takes time