You cannot learn by memorization only. If that is all that you do then one day you will find yourself encountering a new situation that you have not memorized and you will get stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The key is to truly “ingest” what you are learning. Break it down into the basic “ingredients”…and taste\/ingest each one of them individually. It takes more time to learn this way, but, as time goes on you will never encounter a situation that you cannot improvise your way through with the knowledge of the individual building blocks (ingredients) that you had previously “tasted” and learned about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will become an artist of sorts, being able to creatively use your knowledge of the individual “ingredients” to solve any problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think that too often, especially in the technical fields, we try to just memorize formulas (only) . I think that this is not the right way. You should be breaking everything down to its basics and learning the “whats and whys” of each of those individual pieces (ingredients).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In doing this, you will build yourself an arsenal that you can draw from in the “heat of battle” and always come up with a new, creative solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The difference between a cook and a chef is that the cook memorizes recipes, the chef knows the ingredients.. Be a chef!
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