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  A Nobel Prize winner's simple technique for learning anything quickly and effectively From Business Insider, All Rights Reserved This is where the Feynman technique comes in. The idea is to make things simple enough for anyone to understand. In doing this, you can acquire a deep understanding of the topic you're studying. The Feynman technique has four steps. 1. Choose a topic and start studying it Feynman's technique isn't limited to mathematics or physics. You can apply it to anything. 2. Explain the topic to a child This step allows you to establish whether you've learned what you studied or you just thought you had. Explain the concept in your own words as if you were trying to teach it to a child. When you try to break things down into simple ideas with plainer vocabulary, you'll realize whether or not your knowledge of the subject is sufficient. This makes it easy to identify any gaps in your knowledge. 3. Go back to the study material when you get stuck...

There's a Zen story in which a professor visited a Japanese master to inquire about Zen. The master served tea. When the visitor's cup was full, the master kept pouring. Tea spilled out of the cup and over the table. "The cup is full!" said the professor. "No more will go in!" "Like this cup," said the master, "You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?" If you want to understand and learn, you need to empty your cup.  So how do people empty their cup when they go for training courses?  From experience in conducting in-house trainings for over 440 companies and over 81,131 people in 14 countries since 1996, there are 7 ways to empty your cup:  (click here for list of courses) (For slides, read here ) Learn with an Open Mind . Do not hold any fixed ideas before the course.  Like the parachute, the mind is only useful when it is open.  Opening your mind also mean...