I would divide my moments into 1. meta learning 2. learning from multi perspectives 3. retention Meta Learning Ask yourself, "why are you learning this?",

I would divide my moments into 1. meta learning 2. learning from multi perspectives 3. retention Meta Learning Ask yourself, "why are you learning this?", "what pre-knowledge I need to learn this material?", "Is there anyway to learn this faster?", "Why am I getting stuck on this?", "Do i need to update a previous assumption?". Metacognition, or the awareness of own thinking, is a very powerful method to improve thinking skill on any domain. Learning Use The Feynman Technique. The idea is any jargon used in particular domain can expressed with more common day to day words. This not the same as using analogy, avoid analogies. In feynman technique you are thinking below the word, using more simpler word to describe things. Once you have understood an idea, then subscribe to the jargon for that idea. Another way is to build a semantic tree of the things you learn, essentially build a huge graph where ideas are connected. Dont make disconnected clusters of ideas. Retention You can learn as much as you want but there is no point if you remember nothing. Use a mind map, reorganize according to your work. Just because a book has its own index, doesnt mean you can't reorganize the information according to your thoughts. Bookmark high quality links and resource, ditch meager resouces/links. Write code, practice what you have learned! Teach others! Teaching is the most effective retention method, because it challenges your own understanding. Edit: Your prove of learning can be shown using everything you use to retain the knowledge.