#882: Why Kids Can Learn 10x Faster Than We Think — Niels Hoven of Mentava (Tim Coaching Session)
2h 14m
This week, The Tim Ferriss Show explores a counterintuitive premise: that children's capacity for rapid learning isn't a mysterious gift, but rather a set of learnable skills adults can reclaim. In a coaching session with Niels Hoven of Mentava, Tim investigates the specific mechanisms that enable kids to absorb information at seemingly superhuman speeds, and what barriers we construct as we age that slow us down.
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