Summary
There an L-mode and R-mode thinking.
When learning to code.
1. write your code/problem. Merge yourself with your pen. Try to feel the words.
2. draw your problem/code.
3. talk about your code verbally.
4. visualize writing the code in your code.
5. you can step away from the keyboard
6. use mindmap if possible
7. When reading use SQ3R - scan, question, read, recite, review
8. Make your own notes.
9. teach the material.
10. Learn from your doing.
11. It is OK to fail, as long as you intensely and learn from it detailedly.
12. Learn from other people's code
13. Break things down into small sizes
14. Practice, practice and Practice !
15. Get the overall gist first, then only study the details.
16 Focus on the fundamentals well. Deeply hone that skill. Learn the ultimate gist of that.
When Learning to Code
You are going to read about the subject. Use SQ3R when reading about that topic. You should make your own notes (it is beneficial even if you don't read it again). Prefer handwritting than typing.
Effective Technique to study
Try to talk the code to others, draw the code, visualize the code. Use mindmap if possible. Get the overall gist first before studying the details.
Practice problem solving in coding. It is okay to fail, as long as you learn from it. Even if you succeed, learn to read from other people's code. Break down the code to bite-size.
Focus on the fundamental well. Depth over breadth.
There is a growth spurt between phases of your learning.
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
The art of learning
Washington Square Park
-Practice is important because Josh practice for countless hours in the park.
-learn from your loses.
Coach
-explain thought process.
-think for yourself about how your decision could be better.
National Championship
- confidence is critical but overconfidence is brittle.
- take a short break from intense competition can be beneficial.
- Best result come from learning from your losses deeply , both technical and psychological.
-growth is like when hermit crab change shells. There are growth spurts and plateaus in between.
-Successful people shoot for the star, put their heart on the line in every battle, and ultimately discover that the pursuit of excellence mean much more than the immediate trophies and glory. in the long run, painful loss prove more valuable than wins. Those who are armed with a healthy attitude and are able to draw wisdom from every experience, good or bad are the one who will make it down the road. They are also happier along the way.
-losing can be painful , but there will be lesson learn.
- use your emotional states to your advantage instead of resisting them.
Women got hit by the car
The women is angry at the biker who hit her, and instead was hit by a taxi .
-The downward spiral was due to not accepting reality in real time, therefore you make decision on the basis of previous advantage instead of current disadvantaged position.
Accept reality as it is on real time
- You emotion, especially anger means you are not accepting a reality for the worse.
Playing chess in Slovenia
- deep love for chess motivated him rather than ambition.
-embracing change instead of fighting it.
Two ways to tame a horse
1. break its spirit and show him whose boss
2. feed him, gently handle him and make him like you, then u domesticated him
- you have to stretch your muscles to grow, but stretch too thin and you snap
- keep your unique natural talent .
Josh always talks about the relationship of chess , tai chi to him was a personal one. I wonder what that means.
Tai Chi Quan
Learn the principles of the game.
- while I learn without ego , other student repeat their mistakes over and over.
- when master make suggestion, they would explain their thinking in attempt to justify themselves.
- in early years of Tai Chi , mission is to be wide open to every bit of information. Tried my best to learn from each error.
- get shamed by Evan , over time his body learn how to adapt.
- if Josh wants to look good to satisfy his ego , he wouldn't have improved by training with Evan.
- there will be time when a new skill is required, but is hard to maintain the beginner mind and lose when performance matters . And ego take its place.
- We must take responsibility for ourself and not expect the world to understand what it takes to become the best that we can be.
- explore simple principles first , then move on to more complex scenarios.
- have to do something slowly first ,before we can do it with speed correctly.
-subtle internalization is much more important than quantity learned.
- depth is much more important than breadth.
-Turning loss into a learning opportunity.
Ahmed
Learn from your opponent.
-Practice is important because Josh practice for countless hours in the park.
-learn from your loses.
Coach
-explain thought process.
-think for yourself about how your decision could be better.
National Championship
- confidence is critical but overconfidence is brittle.
- take a short break from intense competition can be beneficial.
- Best result come from learning from your losses deeply , both technical and psychological.
-growth is like when hermit crab change shells. There are growth spurts and plateaus in between.
-Successful people shoot for the star, put their heart on the line in every battle, and ultimately discover that the pursuit of excellence mean much more than the immediate trophies and glory. in the long run, painful loss prove more valuable than wins. Those who are armed with a healthy attitude and are able to draw wisdom from every experience, good or bad are the one who will make it down the road. They are also happier along the way.
-losing can be painful , but there will be lesson learn.
- use your emotional states to your advantage instead of resisting them.
Women got hit by the car
The women is angry at the biker who hit her, and instead was hit by a taxi .
-The downward spiral was due to not accepting reality in real time, therefore you make decision on the basis of previous advantage instead of current disadvantaged position.
Accept reality as it is on real time
- You emotion, especially anger means you are not accepting a reality for the worse.
Playing chess in Slovenia
- deep love for chess motivated him rather than ambition.
-embracing change instead of fighting it.
Two ways to tame a horse
1. break its spirit and show him whose boss
2. feed him, gently handle him and make him like you, then u domesticated him
- you have to stretch your muscles to grow, but stretch too thin and you snap
- keep your unique natural talent .
Josh always talks about the relationship of chess , tai chi to him was a personal one. I wonder what that means.
Tai Chi Quan
Learn the principles of the game.
- while I learn without ego , other student repeat their mistakes over and over.
- when master make suggestion, they would explain their thinking in attempt to justify themselves.
- in early years of Tai Chi , mission is to be wide open to every bit of information. Tried my best to learn from each error.
- get shamed by Evan , over time his body learn how to adapt.
- if Josh wants to look good to satisfy his ego , he wouldn't have improved by training with Evan.
- there will be time when a new skill is required, but is hard to maintain the beginner mind and lose when performance matters . And ego take its place.
- We must take responsibility for ourself and not expect the world to understand what it takes to become the best that we can be.
- explore simple principles first , then move on to more complex scenarios.
- have to do something slowly first ,before we can do it with speed correctly.
-subtle internalization is much more important than quantity learned.
- depth is much more important than breadth.
-Turning loss into a learning opportunity.
Ahmed
Learn from your opponent.
Sunday, 23 October 2016
Meditation
1. Watch your breath, have an even length of breath. breath fairly long.
2. breath silently
3. be aware of everything that is happening around and inside of you.
4. practice counting your breath for beginners. If you lose count, restart at 1.
Meditation
1. sit in a lotus position
2. keep your back straight. Important
3. keep a half smile
4. place your left hand , palm side up in your right palm.
6. sit no longer than 30 minutes.
7 do two things : watching your breath and letting go of everything.
8. after 15 minutes, you will enjoy great piece and joy.
9. If thoughts come , acknowledge their presence and focus on your breath.
Eg: if a feeling of sadness comes , acknowledge that "a feeling of sadness has come"
Eg: if a feeling of sadness continues , acknowledge that " a feeling of sadness continues in me"
Eg: if the thought "my neighbour is making a lot of noise arises" , acknowledge this thought. If the thought continues , acknowledge that it continues.
Eg: If there are no thought , acknowledge and recognise that there is no thoughts.
Your mind contemplating mind is like an object and its shadow. The object can not shake the shadow off.
2. breath silently
3. be aware of everything that is happening around and inside of you.
4. practice counting your breath for beginners. If you lose count, restart at 1.
Meditation
1. sit in a lotus position
2. keep your back straight. Important
3. keep a half smile
4. place your left hand , palm side up in your right palm.
6. sit no longer than 30 minutes.
7 do two things : watching your breath and letting go of everything.
8. after 15 minutes, you will enjoy great piece and joy.
9. If thoughts come , acknowledge their presence and focus on your breath.
Eg: if a feeling of sadness comes , acknowledge that "a feeling of sadness has come"
Eg: if a feeling of sadness continues , acknowledge that " a feeling of sadness continues in me"
Eg: if the thought "my neighbour is making a lot of noise arises" , acknowledge this thought. If the thought continues , acknowledge that it continues.
Eg: If there are no thought , acknowledge and recognise that there is no thoughts.
Your mind contemplating mind is like an object and its shadow. The object can not shake the shadow off.
Thursday, 20 October 2016
People problem
Other people are just the wall in the wall in the maze. It is part of reality. The world doesn't care what you'd like , the world will give you what you deserve.
What I had like previously that doesn't work.
1. I want to show the world what I feel, so I appear genuine. This is a double edge sword.
- It is okay if you feel great everyday. But you aren't. If you feelings aren't good, you showed it to the world, the world will bite you back. If you don't like a person, you showed it to him, you get the idea.
-It will be good if you feel great that day, and you liked that person. You action and emotion will appear genuine.
Solution: when you are having a bad day, you don't like that person. You still have to smile and apply all the people skills. The world doesn't care what you'd like or feel inside, the world will give you what you deserve.
These people problem episode are gain from encountering reality or walls in the maze of life.
People problem episode.
1. Jealousy
Wenxhin favored by Yue Chuan. Chwan Long favored by WeeSzi, Yap. Siblings favored by parents. Victor being favored by Brian Yap.
Human have an innate desires to be liked. If you don't have the skills or effort to appeal to people. People will gravitate towards people they like.
Lesson: the world doesn't care what you like (to be loved) , the world will give you what you desire.
Why am I so angry ? These people change my self-belief that I am lovable. They provide evidence that I am not likable. Because if a crazy person don't like me, that's ok, because it doesn't show that I am not likable.
What I'd been doing:
I will usually react emotionally. Anger inside. Usually, I will avoid that person altogether. I lose touch with that person or shut him out from close friendship.
Solution:
Develop a knee jerk reaction to think why people are behaving like that. Is there anything I can improve? Accept that the other person can be more important, more likable that I am because they developed that skill better. I can achieve similar skill level over time if I provide the effort. Accept that people have different levels of friendship. Try to practice your people skills. Sometimes there is very little you can do at that time, because developing a relationship takes time.
In other words, the harsh reality is that you do not have the same level of people skill compared to the next person. So he is better liked than you are. The world doesn't care what you'd like , they give u what you deserved. This is true and it is as solid as the wall in the maze made by God.
Wen Xhin ridicule me at the stock take. His facial expression means he look down on me. I was angry.
Why: He try to change my self-belief that I am important. He try to change it to I am stupid and not important.
And the people who say that I have a good life. That I do not know what real industry is.
And Jay who say that if it is not important, I won't give it to you.
First step is to avoid the trap of getting angry. The second step is to think through whether there is any merit in their derogatory
What I had like previously that doesn't work.
1. I want to show the world what I feel, so I appear genuine. This is a double edge sword.
- It is okay if you feel great everyday. But you aren't. If you feelings aren't good, you showed it to the world, the world will bite you back. If you don't like a person, you showed it to him, you get the idea.
-It will be good if you feel great that day, and you liked that person. You action and emotion will appear genuine.
Solution: when you are having a bad day, you don't like that person. You still have to smile and apply all the people skills. The world doesn't care what you'd like or feel inside, the world will give you what you deserve.
These people problem episode are gain from encountering reality or walls in the maze of life.
People problem episode.
1. Jealousy
Wenxhin favored by Yue Chuan. Chwan Long favored by WeeSzi, Yap. Siblings favored by parents. Victor being favored by Brian Yap.
Human have an innate desires to be liked. If you don't have the skills or effort to appeal to people. People will gravitate towards people they like.
Lesson: the world doesn't care what you like (to be loved) , the world will give you what you desire.
Why am I so angry ? These people change my self-belief that I am lovable. They provide evidence that I am not likable. Because if a crazy person don't like me, that's ok, because it doesn't show that I am not likable.
What I'd been doing:
I will usually react emotionally. Anger inside. Usually, I will avoid that person altogether. I lose touch with that person or shut him out from close friendship.
Solution:
Develop a knee jerk reaction to think why people are behaving like that. Is there anything I can improve? Accept that the other person can be more important, more likable that I am because they developed that skill better. I can achieve similar skill level over time if I provide the effort. Accept that people have different levels of friendship. Try to practice your people skills. Sometimes there is very little you can do at that time, because developing a relationship takes time.
In other words, the harsh reality is that you do not have the same level of people skill compared to the next person. So he is better liked than you are. The world doesn't care what you'd like , they give u what you deserved. This is true and it is as solid as the wall in the maze made by God.
Wen Xhin ridicule me at the stock take. His facial expression means he look down on me. I was angry.
Why: He try to change my self-belief that I am important. He try to change it to I am stupid and not important.
And the people who say that I have a good life. That I do not know what real industry is.
And Jay who say that if it is not important, I won't give it to you.
First step is to avoid the trap of getting angry. The second step is to think through whether there is any merit in their derogatory
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Life as I see it
Life is like a maze. If you want something, you have to go through the maze. If you want to successfully get to the other side, then you have to know the maze's structure. But the maze's structure is covered in fog. You have to uncover them one by one.
The uncovering of the maze's dead end is what is known as mistakes. Mistakes is setback that you met when you want to achieve some goals. The most important thing to do when seeing setback is to step back and think of the ways of overcoming the obstacle.
I know through experience that reacting emotionally is not going to help in the long-term:
1. get sad that you have diabetes or you're late to the game in KPMG or you didn't went to good university.
- it may help you be motivated to study harder, work harder and so on. But you're better off just doing those things without getting emotionally abused. The side effect is that people around you will be affected by your emotions. And in the long run, you are generally sadder in life. With sadness and depression, you are more likely to give up what you do. Or do things poorly
The best way to deal with such set backs is to think back what are the root cause of the mistake you make. Learn from them. Find a way to overcome them if possible. If impossible to amend the mistake (like wasted time), then remember it as a lesson to not do them in the future.
a. getting to KPMG late.
- the root cause is that I went to do prop trading for 1 year. And go to study STPM for 1 year. That's why I am late 2 years. The experience I learn at prop trading is good. The wasted time in STPM is not good.
Can you amend the mistake? : No you can't. because it is wasted time.
What can you learn ? : For prop trading, it is generally good to wander to a different path and do different things. However, please keep in mind that you are foregoing time in the main course. You have to weigh the pros and cons. For STPM, I learn that it is a good idea to make your decision based on more than one factor. You decide to go STPM because of the scholarship, you disregard the reputation of the school, the time spent and the people you'll meet there. So remember to based your decision on multiple factors.
b. getting diabetes at such age.
The best thing I learn from this is there is almost no point to getting depressed from this disease. You lack motivation. You are sad. You done nothing to help yourself and rid yourself of the disease. You are affecting people around you emotionally. You really affected your family.
- the root cause is I drink sugared coffee and eat unhealthily over the past few years. Also, the stress of striving for excellence (which is linked to my tying of self-worth to intelligence and academic result) make my body insulin intolerant.
- What can you do about it : Well you can fast, you can eat healthily, you drink less coffee , you sleep more, you exercise more. There are many ways you can deal with this problem. But if you depressed about it , you don't do those things.
Getting emotional about the wall.
The walls in the maze is reality in life. Getting angry, scared, sad, jealous may eventually help you to do things that ultimately benefit you. Like if you are behind, then you are angry, then you worked hard, then you get ahead. But things like this are not sustainable. Emotions are just the stepping stones and it has consequences. If the emotions lasted for too long, you will mental and physical health issues. You whole body dislike work and goals. You feel awful. It is better just get to the ultimate work that will bring you what you want, without the consequences.
People:
One of my greatest weakness is I get angry at people for being selfish, for people who treated me like nothing and so on. These are the reality of life. You can change one person by getting angry at them, especially if you have power over them. But you can't change hundreds and thousands of people that you will meet over the course of your life. So getting emotional is not a good solution.
You know that people wants to feel important. They are generally selfish. They wanted to be loved and liked. They want things that will provide them benefit and happiness. All these things you know. These are the walls in the reality of life. Getting angry , sad and jealous about these reality is not the best solution because the wall is solid and was built by nature/god. You can't change them.
What you can do is to work around them. If you goals is to have friends and have relationship, then you'll do well if you work with these reality and get around them and use the wall and laying it horizontally to build bridges and so on.
What makes it hard is the the more truth you know about people. The more you know what you want. And when people don't do those things , you get angry at people. This is dangerous. It is like you are becoming the wall of the maze. It is important to remember that you are the person who wants change. So you are responsible for making the change. In return, people are going to give you what you want. If not this one person, then the others. The better you work with human, the benefit you will gain. You will gain tremendous values and power because the giver is much less than the takers. And the giver is much sought after than the taker. It is like a corporation who want to make money. They make money giving value to people.
Ego and self-worth
I think ego is just beliefs of yourself. If you belief you are smart, thats your ego. If you belief that you are important, that's your ego. Ego is usually linked to what you think is what you are and what you think is good. Ancient warlord may linked to his killing of people to his strength , courage , protector and importance.Nobody will think of himself/herself badly, if one do so, they will be depressed. That's the essence of human nature. People don't like their ego/self-belief challenge , either by talks that are partially truthful or actions that is counter to their self-belief. People hate it and will defend it.
You have a self-belief that you are smart. It is supported by countless exams. When you tell people that you are smart, they don't like it because their ego is saying they are smarter, and they linked it to good. If you tell a billionaire who flunked high school that you are smart, they won't get angry, they will even congratulate you, because their ego is tied to their networth and they think it is good. They may even think the smartness is bad.
This belief that you are smart is quite damaging in the decision you make. If you make decision and believe you are right on the basis that you are smart, it is not in consistent with reality. In life, the merit of a decision is based upon facts that will support it and against it. You have to support your decision based on those factors.
The uncovering of the maze's dead end is what is known as mistakes. Mistakes is setback that you met when you want to achieve some goals. The most important thing to do when seeing setback is to step back and think of the ways of overcoming the obstacle.
I know through experience that reacting emotionally is not going to help in the long-term:
1. get sad that you have diabetes or you're late to the game in KPMG or you didn't went to good university.
- it may help you be motivated to study harder, work harder and so on. But you're better off just doing those things without getting emotionally abused. The side effect is that people around you will be affected by your emotions. And in the long run, you are generally sadder in life. With sadness and depression, you are more likely to give up what you do. Or do things poorly
The best way to deal with such set backs is to think back what are the root cause of the mistake you make. Learn from them. Find a way to overcome them if possible. If impossible to amend the mistake (like wasted time), then remember it as a lesson to not do them in the future.
a. getting to KPMG late.
- the root cause is that I went to do prop trading for 1 year. And go to study STPM for 1 year. That's why I am late 2 years. The experience I learn at prop trading is good. The wasted time in STPM is not good.
Can you amend the mistake? : No you can't. because it is wasted time.
What can you learn ? : For prop trading, it is generally good to wander to a different path and do different things. However, please keep in mind that you are foregoing time in the main course. You have to weigh the pros and cons. For STPM, I learn that it is a good idea to make your decision based on more than one factor. You decide to go STPM because of the scholarship, you disregard the reputation of the school, the time spent and the people you'll meet there. So remember to based your decision on multiple factors.
b. getting diabetes at such age.
The best thing I learn from this is there is almost no point to getting depressed from this disease. You lack motivation. You are sad. You done nothing to help yourself and rid yourself of the disease. You are affecting people around you emotionally. You really affected your family.
- the root cause is I drink sugared coffee and eat unhealthily over the past few years. Also, the stress of striving for excellence (which is linked to my tying of self-worth to intelligence and academic result) make my body insulin intolerant.
- What can you do about it : Well you can fast, you can eat healthily, you drink less coffee , you sleep more, you exercise more. There are many ways you can deal with this problem. But if you depressed about it , you don't do those things.
Getting emotional about the wall.
The walls in the maze is reality in life. Getting angry, scared, sad, jealous may eventually help you to do things that ultimately benefit you. Like if you are behind, then you are angry, then you worked hard, then you get ahead. But things like this are not sustainable. Emotions are just the stepping stones and it has consequences. If the emotions lasted for too long, you will mental and physical health issues. You whole body dislike work and goals. You feel awful. It is better just get to the ultimate work that will bring you what you want, without the consequences.
People:
One of my greatest weakness is I get angry at people for being selfish, for people who treated me like nothing and so on. These are the reality of life. You can change one person by getting angry at them, especially if you have power over them. But you can't change hundreds and thousands of people that you will meet over the course of your life. So getting emotional is not a good solution.
You know that people wants to feel important. They are generally selfish. They wanted to be loved and liked. They want things that will provide them benefit and happiness. All these things you know. These are the walls in the reality of life. Getting angry , sad and jealous about these reality is not the best solution because the wall is solid and was built by nature/god. You can't change them.
What you can do is to work around them. If you goals is to have friends and have relationship, then you'll do well if you work with these reality and get around them and use the wall and laying it horizontally to build bridges and so on.
What makes it hard is the the more truth you know about people. The more you know what you want. And when people don't do those things , you get angry at people. This is dangerous. It is like you are becoming the wall of the maze. It is important to remember that you are the person who wants change. So you are responsible for making the change. In return, people are going to give you what you want. If not this one person, then the others. The better you work with human, the benefit you will gain. You will gain tremendous values and power because the giver is much less than the takers. And the giver is much sought after than the taker. It is like a corporation who want to make money. They make money giving value to people.
Ego and self-worth
I think ego is just beliefs of yourself. If you belief you are smart, thats your ego. If you belief that you are important, that's your ego. Ego is usually linked to what you think is what you are and what you think is good. Ancient warlord may linked to his killing of people to his strength , courage , protector and importance.Nobody will think of himself/herself badly, if one do so, they will be depressed. That's the essence of human nature. People don't like their ego/self-belief challenge , either by talks that are partially truthful or actions that is counter to their self-belief. People hate it and will defend it.
You have a self-belief that you are smart. It is supported by countless exams. When you tell people that you are smart, they don't like it because their ego is saying they are smarter, and they linked it to good. If you tell a billionaire who flunked high school that you are smart, they won't get angry, they will even congratulate you, because their ego is tied to their networth and they think it is good. They may even think the smartness is bad.
This belief that you are smart is quite damaging in the decision you make. If you make decision and believe you are right on the basis that you are smart, it is not in consistent with reality. In life, the merit of a decision is based upon facts that will support it and against it. You have to support your decision based on those factors.
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