While this anecdote is from my own experience, I firmly believe that most of us been in this situation before. One day, you decide to learn something new. Perhaps you want to learn how to code, so you pick the hottest language of the moment. It's a language that "pays the most", works like magic, and everyone is looking for people that know it.

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Learn How to Learn, Before Learning How to Code, by Almao Samuel. He shares 3 ideas that should help you learn more efficiently. The brain avoids discomfort, so you have to bribe it to make it work. Give your brain something it likes as a reward for giving you those lovely minutes of focus.

Learning How to Learn is More Important than Learning to Code

1. The brain avoids discomfort, so you have to bribe it to make it work

2. Being focused is not the only way to learn