I use 3-pass learning strategy: Mark, Drill, and Sweep. Mark: Quick overview of the landscape marking key ideas/sub-topics. Drill: Map task at hand to a sub-t

I use 3-pass learning strategy: Mark, Drill, and Sweep. Mark: Quick overview of the landscape marking key ideas/sub-topics. Drill: Map task at hand to a sub-topic, drill as deep as needed to finish that task. Sweep: If needed, systematically study the subject. It is rare that I get to do sweep. It is "eventually" achieved through a lot of need based drilling.