The Feynman technique is simply put ‘learning by teaching’.

You teach your subject to a 12 year old child, this will turn your passive learning into active learning. Following this process, you will discover gaps in your understanding.

Why a 12 year old child?

The reason is so that you adhere to the following ‘rules’

  1. You need to define every topic specific vocabulary and use simple language
  2. You need to constantly simplify your topic of choice
  3. You need to be concise enough

A famous tech example is learning in the open or building in the openwhere you’re mastering a topic by explaining the things you learned in a public article or blog post.

If you mastered teaching, and your topic you can become a leader and actually teach people to promote yourself or your brand.

Whether your teaching method is verbal or through writing, note taking is a good system to writing down your thoughts as it’s not an easy task.

While doing growth work to broaden your experience, you can try to apply this technique, together with learning in the open.

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Feynman Technique: A Complete Beginner’s Guide Archived article

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The Feynman Technique, developed by Richard Feynman, is a study method for students to learn through the act of teaching

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To use the technique, students choose a topic and then explain it in their own words as if teaching a sixth-grader.

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the person using the Feynman Technique has to emphasize simplicity and conciseness.

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explaining the topic simply enough to be understood by a sixth-grade student. This requires you to meet the child at their level of understanding by using the simplest and most concise language possible.

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Effective usage of the method requires the learner to define all unobvious terms, and this means that the Feynman Technique requires considerably more mental energy

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For one, the Feynman Technique provides an opportunity for continual review and analysis, which can help to ensure understanding at a higher level than just memorizing information.

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you’ll need to critically review the explanation you came up with

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it can be very helpful to get feedback from someone whose understanding is similar to that of your audience: a sixth-grader

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