4 step technique: 1) study some topic and write down everything you know / learned about it 2) pretend to teach to somebody or explain to somebody or write do

4 step technique: 1) study some topic and write down everything you know / learned about it 2) pretend to teach to somebody or explain to somebody or write down in simple terms 3) when you are explaining use that process to expose the gaps that you don’t think you fully understand if you struggle to explain simply 4) simplify the topic further and keep iterating on your explanation and filling gaps you don’t understand until you can explain the topic in a concise way or simpler language