This is an amazing interview with Ryan Holiday. The talked a lot of things, like being a father, how to have a good life, how to treat criticism and how to stay productive. You definitely should check it out. In below I summarized 19 things which I find most interesting in this video, I will share them with you. And hope you can also share your own idea and understanding in the comment section, I'll meet you there. Here are 19 things that I've learned from the interview: How to figure out "what you want to write": Try to figure out the things that you wished you could learn 5 / 10 years ago. And write something for your own needs. It can always be someone else's needs. When you are writing a book, know your audience . Ryan always thinks about that he is writing the book to the younger version of himself. Learn how to say "no" to things. But when you are at the beginning, say "yes" to everything, because that means opportunity.
Flash cards are very useful learning tools. They can provide so-called "active recall". That means we can use them to recall our memory and understanding about the concepts, methods and subjects. Although very useful, its creation is a real challenge. How to create effective flash cards that can help us accelerate the learning procedure? I try to answer this question in this blog post. Flash cards are the most useful tools in asking questions. That means every flash card should be a question, like "Is Abraham Lincoln a good president?" or "What is 3+5?". Each question represents a certain category: definite question and open question . What is definite question? A definite question means that the answer is unique and determined. Like "What is 3+5?", the answer is 8. This kind of questions we can use flash cards to solve them quite easily. Just like an exercise. What is open question? Open question is the kind of question which you can