Basic skills

"Learning basic skills in order to engage in an integrated, higher-order thinking activity is a lot more inspiring than endless drills on isolated skills. Further, the repeated practice of a series of individual skills does not necessarily lead to synthesis and integration any more than the separate exercise of the individual muscles involved in bicycle riding will teach you how to ride one." [1]

You can learn anything faster and more deeply if the process is captivating and fun instead of boring, annoying or painful. [2]