The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner
Becoming a perpetual learner appears many places these days, it is becoming increasingly apparent that automation and remote work will replace many peoples current jobs. This means that people are going to have to be able to reskill frequently.
Anyone thats been to school knows how little you actually learn at them and that they do not teach you the skills of learning. I can atest to this, I learned more in 6 months working as a pre-registration pharmacist then I did in four years of university.
This point of becoming a perpetual learner ties in nicely with the concept of deep work, being able to do deep work which is essential to learning a new skill is critical.
Cal Newport and others have described the necessary conditions for and tips for doing deep work. It is worth going over them again and refining them constantly in the quest to become a great learner.
Some of my favourite resources on learning effectively are ‘The 4-Hour Chef’, ‘Ultralearning’, ‘Peak’ and ‘The Art of Learning’.
I am currently trying to implement the principles I have learned in them into learning the concepts from this book.
I am currently doing a daily mindmap of the main points/concepts and recall tests of flash cards.
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