Mental models for…

9 mental models for learning & studying

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How you learn matters more than how long. These evidence-based models help knowledge stick instead of fading by next week.

  1. Spread your learning out and it sticks; cram it and it fades

  2. It's not 10,000 hours — it's deliberate practice

  3. If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it yet

  4. Interleaving: mix your practice instead of blocking it

  5. The curse of knowledge: once you know it, you can't imagine not knowing

  6. A growth mindset turns failure into feedback

  7. In a complex world, generalists often beat specialists

  8. The less you know, the more you think you know

  9. Your mind runs on two systems: fast and slow

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