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A book, magnifying glass and pen with a globe in the background - tools for language learning

Guide

Language learning: Quick start guide

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Blog Post

5 things that being 25 taught me

The cover of the book Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

Book

Moonwalking with Einstein

The cover of the book The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman

Book

The First 20 Hours

Murray Gell-Mann presenting his TED talk on the ancestor of language

Video

The Ancestor of Language

App

Memrise

Episode 2 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Josh Waitzkin as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferriss Podcast #2: Josh Waitzkin

Website

Goodreads

The cover of the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Book

Outliers

The cover of the book The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle

Book

The Talent Code

Two Rubik's Cubes, one unsolved and one solved, representing a changed mindset

Blog Post

Overcoming my problems – changing my mindset

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Blog Post

Sharing, not imposing

Website

Metalearn

A set of wooden measuring instruments

Blog Post

3 steps for measuring improvement

Episode 148 of the Tim Ferriss Podcast with Josh Waitzkin as a guest

Podcast

Tim Ferris Podcast #148: Josh Waitzkin returns

A dictionary, showing a definition, representing new understanding

Blog Post

Overcoming my problems – understanding my mindset

An infographic showing how memory works, including details on the brain, how to improve your memory and how memories are created

Infographic

How memory works

The cover of the book The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

Book

The Art of Learning

The title for the Crash Course video on how we make memories

Video

Crash Course: How We Make Memories

App

Anki

Piotr Wozniak, creator of SuperMemo and spaced repetition pioneer

Article

Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn?

Ken Robinson presenting his TED talk on how whether schools kill creativity

Video

Do schools kill creativity?

An image from the article How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math by Barbara Oakley

Article

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math

ShaoLan Hsueh presenting her TED talk on learning to read Chinese

Video

Learn to read Chinese… with ease!

An open study book, laying on a table with pencil on top and notes to the right

Blog Post

4 insights on learning from Josh Waitzkin

Rajesh Rao presenting his TED talk on a Rosetta Stone for a lost language — deciphering the ancient Indus script

Video

A Rosetta Stone for a Lost Language