600: Scientific Strategies to Make Learning Stick with Sanjay Sarma and Luke Yoquinto

<p>Sanjay Sarma and Luke Yoquinto share practical insights on how to optimize your learning.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>— YOU’LL LEARN —&nbsp;</strong></p><p>1) Three simple tactics that drastically improve how we learn<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>2) Why you want the learning process to be difficult<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>3) How to get into the optimal mental state for learning<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe or visit</strong> <a href="http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep600" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep600</a> for clickable versions of the links below.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>— ABOUT SANJAY &amp; LUKE —&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Sanjay Sarma is the head of Open Learning at MIT. A professor of mechanical engineering by training, he has worked in the fields of energy and transportation; computational geometry; computer assisted design; and has been a pioneer in RFID technology. He has an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur as well as advanced degrees from Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley.&nbsp;</p><p>Luke Yoquinto is a science writer who covers learning and education, as well as aging and demographic change in his role as a researcher at the MIT AgeLab. His work can be found in publications such as <em>The Washington Post</em>, <em>Slate</em>, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, and <em>The Atlantic</em>. He is a graduate of Boston University's science journalism program.&nbsp;</p><p>•&nbsp;Book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grasp-Science-Transforming-How-Learn/dp/0385541821?tag=petemo-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn</em></a>&nbsp;</p><p>•&nbsp;Luke’s email: <a href="mailto:lyoquinto@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lyoquinto@gmail.com</a>&nbsp;</p><p>•&nbsp;Luke’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lukeyoquinto?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lukeyoquinto</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><s