🚀 How I Learn Anything (Without Wasting Time)

Everyone talks about "learning fast," but most people get stuck watching YouTube videos or rereading notes and never actually doing the thing.

Here’s my dead-simple system to learn anything quickly and actually remember it.

1. 🎯 Set a Clear Goal (What + By When + Why)

Don’t just say “I want to learn.” Get specific.

• ✅ What: I want to learn how to play the guitar to "Thunderstruck."

• 🗓 By When: In the next 7 days.

• 💡 Why: So I can jam with friends next weekend.

Without a deadline and reason, you’ll procrastinate forever.

2. 🔍 Deconstruct the Skill

Break it into the minimum number of parts.

For guitar:

• Learn how to hold the guitar

• Learn the fretboard for that riff

• Practice finger placement

• Practice strumming just that section

🎸 Don’t try to learn all of guitar theory or every chord—just the tiny part you need.

3. 🚴 Learn Just Enough to Start Doing

Don’t binge tutorials. Get to action fast.

• Watch one quick video on the riff.

• Pause and try it yourself.

• Struggle for 10 minutes.

Just like riding a bike, you learn more in 10 minutes of wobbling than 3 hours of reading how bikes work.

4. 🧠 Get Feedback Immediately

Check what you’re doing right now:

• Did it sound like the opening riff?

• Are your fingers hitting the wrong string?

• Record yourself and compare.

This stops you from building bad habits and lets you correct fast—like someone telling you your seat is too low on a bike.

5. 🔁 Repeat + Reflect

Don’t just grind mindlessly. Ask:

• “Why did I mess that up?”

• “Where am I stuck?”

• “What part felt easier today than yesterday?”

This is how you get 1% better each time.

6. 🧑‍🏫 Teach It or Explain It

If you can’t explain it, you don’t get it.

Try:

• Teaching a friend how to play the riff.

• Writing a quick note: “Here’s how I learned it.”

• Pretending you're making a YouTube short.

This forces your brain to clean up the messy parts.

7. 📆 Space It Out

Don’t cram it all at once. Play the riff:

• Today

• Tomorrow

• Again in 2 days

Each time you come back, you’ll retain more and suck less.

✅ Summary: My 7-Step Learning Process

1. Set a clear goal – What, by when, why

2. Deconstruct the skill – Break into bite-size parts

3. Learn just enough to start – No more, no less

4. Get feedback immediately – Fix while it’s fresh

5. Repeat + Reflect – Improve what matters

6. Teach it – Show someone else

7. Space it out – Don’t cram, revisit

You can use this to learn guitar, a coding language, a workout move, or anything else.
It’s simple. It works. And it beats watching 100 tutorials and doing nothing.