In school, I always felt like the education wasn’t as good as it could be. Teachers didn’t teach us to learn; instead, they just shoved information down our throats. Although we had lessons on learning methods, they were all about common sense: don’t get distracted, focus, don’t multitask, listen to some non-distracting music, etc. These tips are great and can help you learn more efficiently, but we still just repeat every piece of information using brute force on our mind. We. Have. No. Technique.
The Garden’s Soil
After several books, articles, games, videos and experiments, I finally decided to create a project that can help people learn in a smarter way, like a real human.
I won’t be showing you any different magic beyond what you can already get from Joshua Foer, Dominic O’Brien, Yänjaa Wintersoul, Nelson Dellis and the others. If you’ve already got the hang of their techniques and advice, you are already good to go. I learned a lot from them, but every time I tried to explain those techniques the way they did, I immediately ran into different fears and doubts.
The fears and the doubts.
Many people believe they can’t improve their memory or aren’t creative. They think they’re born with what they have and can’t change it.
But here is the thing: We don’t have to improve our memory or be creative. The only thing we need to do is just embrace our very human abilities. Throughout human evolution we learned through experiences like sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch and emotions. We didn’t need to improve anything or be creative. We just had to live through things. And guess what? It still works this way! The stronger the experiences are, the faster and longer we preserve them in our mind.
Mindgarden
When we talk about the mind, there are lots of great analogies to choose from. I’ve chosen the garden, because I think it’s a great representation of the mind.
The mind can be bare, rocky, simple, minimalist, weedy, well-organized, natural, full of with vegetables, flowers, statues, wildlife, and so much more! A garden can be abandoned or very well cared for. It can develop slowly or quickly evolve. Everyone can find something to love in the garden. Some people love to relax in it, while others find joy in tending to it. The possibilities are endless. It’s the same with our minds. How we take care of it makes all the difference or in other words: you reap what you sow.
That’s how the idea of Mindgarden was born. It’s a place where I can explain how minds work in a way that’s easy to understand, so you can embrace and free yours.