4094: Learn How to Learn. Yes, There's a Best Way by Michael Mehlberg on Personal Growth

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🗓️ 23 July 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:26.8	Visit Indeed.com slash next hire and sponsor your job today.
0:30.7	This is Optimal Living Daily.
0:33.2	Learn how to learn.
0:35.1	Yes, there's a best way.
0:36.7	By Michael Melberg of Michael Melberg.com.
0:39.4	And I'm Justin Mollick, your narrator.
0:41.5	We're going to jump right into today's post as we optimize your life.
0:49.2	Learn how to learn.
0:51.1	Yes, there's a best way.
0:52.8	By Michael Melberg of Michael Melberg.com.
0:56.2	Take the controls, she said. She didn't blink, didn't smirk, and didn't waver. I glanced at her
1:02.8	quickly, then again as her words sunk in, two thoughts flew through my mind. One, was she joking?
1:09.3	And two, was she serious? Our Cessna 172 engine drowned what once was an otherwise
1:15.2	quiet airfield. After cranking the engine, the propeller came to life with such force, it felt as if the
1:21.1	entire aircraft would shake itself apart. The plane rattled uncomfortably on the runway, wanting desperately
1:27.3	to fly.
1:28.6	My instructor chattered instructions through the headset for the next 45 minutes,
1:32.4	all of which she left me in control of the airplane.
1:35.9	From taxi to takeoff, flying to the landing approach, I was in full control.
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