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What does Elon Musk and mind maps have in common?
They both make learning fast and easy
Learning is a passion for me, and despite leaving college decades ago, I still love the idea of learning something new. It’s an activity I’ve had to do throughout my life working in the IT industry. You cannot work in IT and not be challenged by learning opportunities all the time.
But there is a downside: the time it takes to master new topics can be lengthy. You need to have lots of enthusiasm and an eye on the long game. What if you were able to master a topic much quicker and a lot more effectively.
That could be a game-changer.
Elon Musk has two rules to help him learn fast
I’m always looking for ways to help me ace new subjects, and Elon Musk is known for the way he enters new industries and shakes them up with his ideas and ability to dominate markets. What are his two rules?
He thinks of a subject like a tree of knowledge. A tree has a trunk, big branches, and lots of smaller branches with a vast number of leaves. You can think of the way your brain learns and absorbs knowledge in the same way. In fact, it’s how our brains work, by making connections.
The first task is to understand what’s at the core, or the trunk. Most people don’t do…
