How to use ChatGPT to easily learn any skill you want

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Introduction: The Struggle of Self-Learning

The video kicks off with the creator sharing their personal journey of trying to self-teach a variety of subjects and skills. They say:

"Over these past couple of years I have tried to self-teach myself all sorts of things... I love to learn. There are so many things I want to know about like philosophy, psychology, history, business, and so many skills I want to learn like how to code, how to create games, and how to animate."

Despite this passion, they admit:

"I am actually complete dog at this self-educating yourself thing."

They highlight the challenges of self-learning: finding resources, creating a curriculum, knowing what to study, when to review, and making a schedule. This led to what they call:

"My self-learning cycle from hell."

But everything changed with the arrival of a powerful tool:

"That all changed once a tool that you may have heard of called ChatGPT was sent from God himself to help me learn literally anything that I want."

In just a few months, they made considerable progress using AI, much more than ever before. The video promises to show exactly how they leverage AI for self-education.

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Step 1: Focus with the Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule)

The first big tip is using the Pareto Principle:

"The Pareto Principle states that 80% of the effects comes from 20% of the causes."

To make it clearer, they explain:

"Let's say that you wanted to learn a new programming language. You identify 10 different topics to study. Well, according to the Pareto Principle, two of those topics are likely to be responsible for eighty percent of the practical applications of the language."

Key takeaway:
Focus your attention on the most impactful topics, not everything at once.

How to use ChatGPT:
They ask ChatGPT to create a focused learning plan using the Pareto Principle:

"Boom bada bing, the AI gives me a focused learning plan that covers 20% of the topic that will result in eighty percent of the effects."

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Step 2: Let AI Build Your Study Schedule

Once you know what to learn, the next step is when to learn it. Instead of struggling to make a schedule, the creator says:

"Instead of getting my lazy ass to sit down and figure all of this out myself, I instead hand over this responsibility to ChatGPT and ask it to create a study schedule to learn all of the above in an appropriate amount of weeks."

They specify their available days and hours, and ask for time for revision and testing. The result:

"Just like that, in a matter of seconds, the AI will spit out a study schedule for you that you can start following immediately."

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Step 3: Get Tailored Learning Resources

With a plan and schedule, you need resources. The creator uses this prompt:

"Suggest me various learning resources like videos, books, podcasts, interactive exercises for whatever topic that caters to different learning styles."

ChatGPT provides a list of resources—saving hours of manual searching! You can also ask for:

• Only free resources
• Paid courses if you want to invest
• Resources for your specific learning style (e.g., visual)

"It is very, very handy in that way."

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Step 4: Generate Project Ideas for Active Learning

Projects are a powerful way to learn because they involve active learning. The creator asks ChatGPT for project ideas that match their skill level:

"I am a beginner interested in learning how to create games in Unity. To do this, I need to know how to code in C#. Can you give me some beginner video game projects I could work on to help strengthen my C# coding skills?"

ChatGPT then provides a list of project ideas to choose from and get started.

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Step 5: Overcome Hurdles with AI Explanations

When working on projects, you'll hit roadblocks. Sometimes, you might feel your questions are "dumb" or too basic to ask online. The creator shares:

"Sometimes these questions that I have are really dumb or seem very obvious and I'm too afraid to put them online. So instead, I will go to ChatGPT and ask them since it won't berate me for asking its stupid questions and never gets tired or runs out of patience."

They use several methods to get clear explanations:

a. The Feynman Technique

"It is called the Feynman technique, which involves explaining something in an extremely simplified way. So basically, you just tell the AI to explain a topic or subject in the simplest terms possible as if explaining it to a beginner."

Or even:

"Explain this as if I were a five-year-old."

b. Mental Models and Analogies

"Asking it to create mental models or analogies to help us understand and remember complex topics."

c. Visualization Exercises

"I ask it to guide me through visualization exercises to help me internalize a concept and imagine myself applying it to a real life situation."

For example, to understand "opportunity cost" in microeconomics, ChatGPT guided them through a visualization:

"I was guided through a visualization exercise of coming across a fork in the road where I had to make a decision about which path to choose—the opportunity cost of choosing one option over the other. This one visualization exercise made the concept way more clear to me than if I had read it over and over and over again in my textbook."

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Step 6: Sharpen Critical Thinking with the Socratic Method

The final method is using the Socratic Method to improve critical thinking, logic, and reasoning:

"The Socratic method is basically a technique used to improve your critical thinking, logic, and reasoning skills by continuously asking you questions to help strengthen any argument or opinion that you have."

The prompt:

"I want you to act as a Socrat and use the Socratic method to help me improve my critical thinking, logic, and reasoning skills. Your task is to ask open-ended questions to the statement I make, and after I provide a response, give me constructive feedback to each response before you ask the next question."

This creates a loop where ChatGPT challenges your statements, gives feedback, and helps you think deeper.

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Conclusion: Keep Exploring and Join the Journey!

The creator wraps up by saying:

"There you have it, my secret recipe for using AI to help me learn any skill or subject that I want."

They admit they're still learning and encourage viewers to share their own methods:

"I am by no means a master of self-education and I am still figuring it out as I go. So if there are any methods to use AI to help you learn that I did not cover in this video, then definitely consider dropping a comment below."

They also invite viewers to join their Twitch streams:

"I have recently started streaming on Twitch where I practice in real time the skills that I want to learn that I mentioned in this video such as coding, creating games, and animating. So if you want to chat with me and watch me be absolutely horrendous at these skills, then definitely drop a follow and join me over on Twitch."

And finally:

"That's basically about it for this video, so I will see you in the next one. Adios!"

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Key Takeaways & Tips 🚀

• Use the Pareto Principle to focus on the most impactful topics.
• Let ChatGPT build your study schedule—save time and energy!
• Ask for tailored resources that fit your learning style and budget.
• Generate project ideas for hands-on, active learning.
• Don't be afraid to ask "dumb" questions—ChatGPT is patient and non-judgmental.
• Use the Feynman technique, analogies, and visualization to deeply understand concepts.
• Sharpen your critical thinking with the Socratic method.
• Keep experimenting and share your own AI learning hacks!

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Learning any skill is easier than ever with the right AI tools and strategies. Happy learning! 🎉