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The Feynman Technique
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The Feynman Technique

How to Learn Anything Faster!

Tristan Reed
TopThink, 2021
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In this animated video, developmental specialist Tristan Reed explains the Feynman technique: a four-step method for gaining a true understanding of any subject. It ought to come with a warning, though: Once you’re familiar with this technique, you’ll be able to distinguish between true experts on a subject and bluffers. It may take the fun out of listening at your next conference or seminar. But if you happen to be the speaker, using the technique will ensure that your audience has a chance to learn something new from you.

Take-Aways

  • Physicist Richard Feynman created a four-step technique to bridge the gap between merely knowing a subject and truly understanding it.
  • First, decide what you want to learn. Write your chosen subject on a blank piece of paper.
  • Second, write an explanation of the subject in simple terms, as if you were explaining it to a novice. 

About the Speaker

Tristan Reed is a developmental specialist at TopThink, a YouTube infotainment channel with more than two million subscribers.

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