Bianca Pereira
@biaresearcher.bsky.social
I empower independent learners with the knowledge skills, system, and community essential for a lifelong learning lifestyle. | Personal Knowledge Management coach
If memorisation was real learning, Alexa would have a PhD by now.
I used to think knowing something meant I could recall it on demand.
In school, I was great at storing information. I would memorise it, recall it for the exam, and then… forget everything.
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I used to think knowing something meant I could recall it on demand.
In school, I was great at storing information. I would memorise it, recall it for the exam, and then… forget everything.
🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If memorisation was real learning, Alexa would have a PhD by now.
I used to think knowing something meant I could recall it on demand.
In school, I was great at storing information. I would memorise it, recall it for the exam, and then… forget everything.
🧵
I used to think knowing something meant I could recall it on demand.
In school, I was great at storing information. I would memorise it, recall it for the exam, and then… forget everything.
🧵
You wouldn’t let a stranger live in your house. So why let them occupy your mind?
If a random person knocked on your door and asked to move in, you would say no.
But every day, strangers move into your mental space — rent-free.
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If a random person knocked on your door and asked to move in, you would say no.
But every day, strangers move into your mental space — rent-free.
🧵
February 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You wouldn’t let a stranger live in your house. So why let them occupy your mind?
If a random person knocked on your door and asked to move in, you would say no.
But every day, strangers move into your mental space — rent-free.
🧵
If a random person knocked on your door and asked to move in, you would say no.
But every day, strangers move into your mental space — rent-free.
🧵
"I want membership to feel like a warm hug"
If someone is feeling cold on a "corner" then something needs to change — it's not a community anymore.
If it feels like a warm hug then we are doing it right
I usually analyse and detail everything, but this time "a feeling" is the best explanation
If someone is feeling cold on a "corner" then something needs to change — it's not a community anymore.
If it feels like a warm hug then we are doing it right
I usually analyse and detail everything, but this time "a feeling" is the best explanation
February 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"I want membership to feel like a warm hug"
If someone is feeling cold on a "corner" then something needs to change — it's not a community anymore.
If it feels like a warm hug then we are doing it right
I usually analyse and detail everything, but this time "a feeling" is the best explanation
If someone is feeling cold on a "corner" then something needs to change — it's not a community anymore.
If it feels like a warm hug then we are doing it right
I usually analyse and detail everything, but this time "a feeling" is the best explanation
January 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This week I entered "hermit mode".
Emails and messages are piling up, but I hope to come out of it with a fully self-paced course soon.
Modules 1 and 2 are coming together nicely 😊
Emails and messages are piling up, but I hope to come out of it with a fully self-paced course soon.
Modules 1 and 2 are coming together nicely 😊
January 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This week I entered "hermit mode".
Emails and messages are piling up, but I hope to come out of it with a fully self-paced course soon.
Modules 1 and 2 are coming together nicely 😊
Emails and messages are piling up, but I hope to come out of it with a fully self-paced course soon.
Modules 1 and 2 are coming together nicely 😊
3 years ago I started a newsletter on a whim.
Someone suggested and I had something I wanted to fix:
A mindset (and culture).
The name has changed, I built a business around it, and yet the initial passion remains the same:
Proving that research can be easy.
Someone suggested and I had something I wanted to fix:
A mindset (and culture).
The name has changed, I built a business around it, and yet the initial passion remains the same:
Proving that research can be easy.
January 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
3 years ago I started a newsletter on a whim.
Someone suggested and I had something I wanted to fix:
A mindset (and culture).
The name has changed, I built a business around it, and yet the initial passion remains the same:
Proving that research can be easy.
Someone suggested and I had something I wanted to fix:
A mindset (and culture).
The name has changed, I built a business around it, and yet the initial passion remains the same:
Proving that research can be easy.
The first book of 2025 arrived today 😊
January 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The first book of 2025 arrived today 😊
7. Compound your knowledge over time (towards the unexpected)
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
7. Compound your knowledge over time (towards the unexpected)
6. Confront your internal resistance
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
6. Confront your internal resistance
5. Make something out of your notes
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
5. Make something out of your notes
4. Engage critically with your sources
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
4. Engage critically with your sources
3. Lose yourself in the flow
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
3. Lose yourself in the flow
2. Uncover breakthroughs
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
2. Uncover breakthroughs
1. Build confidence in your knowledge
January 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
1. Build confidence in your knowledge
3. 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.
4. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 on what you have learned and how you felt about the process.
5. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
4. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 on what you have learned and how you felt about the process.
5. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
January 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
3. 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.
4. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 on what you have learned and how you felt about the process.
5. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
4. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 on what you have learned and how you felt about the process.
5. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
2. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞-𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 that supports you engaging with the prompt.
January 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
2. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞-𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 that supports you engaging with the prompt.
1. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 that challenges your thinking and builds on previous knowledge.
January 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
1. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 that challenges your thinking and builds on previous knowledge.
We don't know where our research path will bring us, but the beginning of the path is right there.
Just under your feet.
What will be your next step?
Just under your feet.
What will be your next step?
November 16, 2023 at 2:24 PM
We don't know where our research path will bring us, but the beginning of the path is right there.
Just under your feet.
What will be your next step?
Just under your feet.
What will be your next step?