Thank you!

A small gift for helping me reach 200 subscribers

For all of you who read and commented on my posts and notes, thank you. Especially those of you who read all that posts on inflation. Those posts formed the basis for the chapter on inflation in my book.

Sharing your words is what turns a writer into an author, even if your words are as clunky as mine often are.

As a gift, here’s a note from the beginning of my book.

A Note for Adult Learners

Most of the students I taught were adults. Adult learners, those over 25 whose brains have fully developed, need to take a different approach to learning than younger learners do. Adult learners need to feel that the material is relevant. In this book, you’ll see lots of examples from the “real world.” You’ve lived through the pandemic and many of you lived through the Great Recession.

Adult learners also need more repetition at defined intervals than younger learners. [1] Some of you will find the repetition in the book annoying, others will get something out of the constant reminders. As an older (over thirty-year-old) graduate student, I often studied for major exams by rewriting my notes three times.

As a teacher, I encouraged my students to find a study buddy, but if you’re studying on your own, try the next best thing: reading the content aloud. Or buy the audio book. I had a friend in the doctoral program who did just that to study for “field” exams—major exams covering a year’s worth of material. He read the book to himself over and over.

Or try to teach what you have learned to someone else. Richard Feynman, a Noble Laureate in Physics, was a big believer in the “try explaining your ideas to an 8-year-old” method. Getting your thoughts together to present to another person, even if they aren’t eight, can help what you learn “stick.”

Thank you for reading,

Nikki

[1] Nani, Cassandra, eduflow.com, The Fundamentals Principles of Adult Learning, October 4, 2022.