Comments on: The Secret Behind Learning ANY New Skill Quickly

By: The “Keep Showing Up” Path to Mastery

The “Keep Showing Up” Path to Mastery — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:18:41 +0000

[...] Normally, I’d be the first to point out that practice methods make a huge difference to how fast you learn. [...]

By: Vlad Dolezal

Vlad Dolezal — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:19:29 +0000

@Waluty:

Glad you like it! I’d love to see more people give good feedback like that

By: waluty

waluty — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:10:09 +0000

nice article, The Anatomy of GOOD Feeback
* positive
* specific
* plentiful
is especially helpfull – short and easy to remeber and recall when the time to give sb feedback comes

By: Vlad Dolezal

Vlad Dolezal — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:48:47 +0000

@Anonymous:
Yeah, it’s crazy how many schools use fear-based motivation. (Or, rather “de-motivation”.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:40:28 +0000

These are the basics of applied behavioral analysis, suzuki music training, and clicker training.

More parents need to understand positive feedback and rewards, and schools need to stop punishing students.

By: 5 Common Myths About Learning | An Amazing Mind

5 Common Myths About Learning | An Amazing Mind — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:02:52 +0000

[...] I’ll share all my knowledge about learning with you on another day. But for now, you can at least check out my article about The one secret behind learning ANY skill quickly. [...]

By: steve

steve — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:01:22 +0000

I’m going to have to remember to use this technique on myself more often

By: Dharitri

Dharitri — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:49:07 +0000

I think the technique will help me with my new class. Thanks!

By: mle

mle — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:29:29 +0000

Is the basketball team the Hoosiers from Indiana that the movie was made about? Not sure. Enjoyed the article.

By: writtenwyrdd

writtenwyrdd — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:05:22 +0000

Good thoughts. Funny how I learned much of this while being trained as a military dog handler/trainer. And have utilized it throughout life.

This is good information, though. We are socially prepared to dominate, to grind down everyone else so we can (falsely) feel superior. It’s endemic and it is, as you show, counterproductive. Educators and parents perpetuate the patterns they have learned at their parents’ knees, too.