This is actually episode II from the Hack Your Brain series. Have a look at episode III: Hack Your Motivation Also, episode III has a Dark Side part ;)
We're curious minds, hackers and tinkerers. We love to tweak our tools. But our most important and wonderful tool is our own brain. How can we understand what's going on so we can hack it?
https://speakerdeck.com/abelar_s/hack-your-brain-trivia I've added pictures of brilliant minds on each slides. You can find all the trivia in "Hack Your Brain - Trivia".
The one point is: if you believe you can improve, you will.
Use deliberate practice, and practice makes perfect.
It's a graph. You should optimize your learning method to:
- store and retrieve information using already known bits
- see or create similarities, difference, personal and emotional links
- ping yourself or use Anki (ankisrs.net) and others to reinforce memorization
The Feynman method tells it all: explain in simple terms, ask questions, question everything.
It's all about managing health, motivation and time!