Charles Darwin’s 8 Steps to Steady-State Learning

Charles Darwin’s 8 Steps to Steady-State Learning

1. A life-long program of self-study
2. Keeping a diary/journal
3. Scribbling notes immediately
4. Keeping “indexed portfolios” (notes/summaries of what you’ve read or heard)
5. Testing beloved concepts – make a note, immediately, if you come across a thought or idea that is contrary to something you currently believe. Absorb it, study it and don’t let it go until you conclude that you need to change your mind or if the thought or ideas is wrong
6. Learning lessons by heart
7. Seeking to earn the approval of great men (dead or alive)
8. The humility to seek not fame (as in, wisdom flows into the humble man like water flows into a depression)