**Learn a subject better by teaching it to a child.** > If you can't explain it simply, then you don't understand it well enough > - _nobody actually knows, it's often misattributed to Einstein_ Not developed by Richard Feynman, but was developed to emulate how he approached things. The primary objective of the **Feynman Technique** is to learn about a subject by teaching it to children, **being concise and using simple words**. # The Feynman Technique for Learning a Subject 1. Write down all that you know about it 2. Rewrite it as if you were explaining it to a child - Children have small vocabularies. Remove [[Avoid Jargon|jargon]]. Put it as simply as possible, but no simpler. Create & utilize accessible analogies. - Children have short attention spans. Say what’s important. Then get out. 3. Look for gaps in your knowledge - Where do you have to make jumps in your explanations? - These areas warrant further research. 4. Tell your story. # Why Learn by Teaching to Children? Teaching to a child forces you to break down complexity. You cannot hide behind big vocabulary words. You have to truly understand a topic to be able to adequately teach it to a child. When you break things down far enough and try to weave them into a story, you’ll find gaps in your understanding. These gaps are your jump off points for further research. # My Implementation of the Technique I realized today that [http://www.aarongilly.com/gillespedia](http://www.aarongilly.com/gillespedia) is just an implementation of the Feynman technique. **** ## Source - [[Learning from the Feynman Technique]] - [[Ultralearning]] ## Related - [[Essentialism]] - [[Learn by Doing]] - [[Rubber Ducking]]