Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will by Dale J. Stephens

2 minute read

  1. don’t use college as an insurance policy - invest in yourself. Take time to learn, travel, start projects, and do internships (23)

    1. http://cri-paris.org/ here they have an environment that fosters collaboration instead of competition

    2. about.me https://www.tumblr.com/ http://www.codecademy.com/ http://www.uncollege.org/resources/code/ e-180.com https://clarity.fm/ http://www.skillshare.com/

    3. if you are told you are smart, you begin to believe that your intelligence is static. You may think you’re stuck where you are, and there is no hope for improvement. On the other hand, if you are told you are hardworking, that means you have a growth mind-set. You believe that with enough dedication and tenacity, you can improve. (67)

    4. There are many different ways to learn, some of the most common are through visual representation, lecture, text, and physcical movement. (68)

    5. when you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself

    6. you want to meet people because they are genuinely interesting and they are interested in your work (129)

    7. don’t use college as an insurance policy - invest in yourself. Take time to learn, travel, start projects, and do internships (23)

    8. http://cri-paris.org/ here they have an environment that fosters collaboration instead of competition

    9. about.me https://www.tumblr.com/ http://www.codecademy.com/ http://www.uncollege.org/resources/code/ e-180.com https://clarity.fm/ http://www.skillshare.com/

    10. if you are told you are smart, you begin to believe that your intelligence is static. You may think you’re stuck where you are, and there is no hope for improvement. On the other hand, if you are told you are hardworking, that means you have a growth mind-set. You believe that with enough dedication and tenacity, you can improve. (67)

    11. There are many different ways to learn, some of the most common are through visual representation, lecture, text, and physcical movement. (68)

    12. when you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself

    13. you want to meet people because they are genuinely interesting and they are interested in your work (129)

comments powered by Disqus