- **Narrow your scope**
  - Make your goals small and doable, finish that first, then move on
- **Don't Spend too much time _studying_ before you have experience _doing_**
  - Don't be afraid of struggling and failing, even if it feels uncomfortable
  - doing before studying will help you recognize what you were doing wrong or what you needed when you finally hit the books
  - studying after doing becomes a fine-tuning mechanism rather than an abstract concept memorization
- **Never dive in without a plan**
  - binge learning only works until you reach a certain level
  - Not making a plan exposes you to too many distractions, stuff that you don't need yet or that you already know
- **Never read a book cover to cover**
  - we only retain a fraction of what we read
  - Between what we already know and what's too difficult, the only things we have a chance to retain is the silver lining in-between
  - Decide which parts are worth your precious time and attention
  - Focus your attention on what you need to learn right now, ignore the rest