Adriatik's Blog

One of my colleagues was interested in learning a new skill and wanted to know how I learned programming. It made me think about it since it was a long time ago, but my technique hasn’t changed much since I started. I told him that if there’s one thing to do to catch on with a new skill, it would be to surround yourself with it in all aspects of your daily life.

Let’s say you want to learn marketing, design, or a new programming language. Start by surrounding yourself with things related to it every day. Subscribe to YouTube channels, follow pages on Instagram, Facebook, or other social media where you spend your time, and buy books on the subject and keep them close by. Add a learning event even if it’s 20 minutes to your calendar or set a daily reminder on your phone.

We often forget that things matter in the long run as 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 once said, “𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.” Just remember that in years, if you’ve spent 200 hours learning or watching content about that skill, it’s better than doing nothing at all.

What’s your learning technique?