How I Learn New Things: My Somewhat Disorganized Approach | Highlights and Annotations by Gistr.

The speaker describes their learning process as disorganized for personal learning, absorbing information without notes or structure. However, for work-related learning, they create a simple, unformatted Google Doc as a repository of useful links, prioritizing ease of contribution over aesthetic presentation. This approach allows for efficient knowledge gathering and sharing within a team. The speaker emphasizes a practical approach to learning complex job-related domains. Instead of meticulous planning and note-taking, they advocate for creating a simple, "write-friendly" Google Doc to serve as a repository of relevant links. This method prioritizes efficient information gathering over aesthetically pleasing organization, allowing for quick access and easy updates. The example of mastering the complexities of in-person point-of-sale payments highlights the effectiveness of this strategy, transforming a disorganized collection of resources into a valuable shared team resource. I went back to them, because I don't have a great memory, especially when it comes to details.03:05So sometimes I have to go back to certain things to kind of just refresh my memory. So it was useful in that sense. And then at some point, that became a good resource that I shared with the team, which is like, hey, anybody new who wants to learn about inperson point of sale payments, just look at this document and I would ask them to add links as well that they found useful.03:24But again, write friendly, not read-friendly, Because when you make it read-friendly, there's a lot of hesit itation about being judged. And there's a lot of hesitation about updating the document. I don't want that. So those are some ways that I find useful to distinguish between where I will get organized.