The biggest part of furthering yourself is finding good resources that teach you well and teach you the right things.
I've found that if you look up "how to do better in school" or "how to make money fast," you will get thousands of videos, blog posts, and courses. Wading through all of that is extremely difficult and very time-consuming, plus you don't know what's good and what's BS.
Most of what you get when you do the first search or couple searches is pretty basic information and businesses trying to sell you something. You want to move past this and find the meat of the content. Learning how to do that well is a valuable skill to have in your arsenal.
Thus, I had to put together my own system for finding the right content and doing so in an efficient manner. The basic principle goes: google the broad subject question, speed read and watch a few videos to find the terminology, google the new terms and repeat until you find what you're looking for. Along the way, you will typically discover if it's even worth diving further into or just giving up on the idea.
Key takeaways:
- Finding the right content is difficult and requires you to be intentional about how you find your learning resource.
- Many people use general searching terms to do quick promotions and feed off the people who are only mildly interested. You want to move past that and find the real meat of the subject.
- Google broad subject, find the subject's terminology, search the new learned names, and narrow down your focus.