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Hey there.

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You've completed yet another module.

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And that last one had a really difficult challenge.

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So if you managed to get through this far, then you really really do deserve a pat on the back.

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Now I want to share with you one of the things that I've noticed among students I've taught in person

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and it usually happens just about this kind of time where you are right now. And, the thing is, you start

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feeling like, well, you know, when I'm watching the tutorials everything makes perfect sense,

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like I totally get it.

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But when I have to do something myself, like in the challenge, all of a sudden it's like I've learned

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nothing at all.

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It's like I can't do it.

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So what's actually going on there?

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Well, you know, now one of the biggest problems is that when we're just watching things and we're

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sort of following along with it, it's very easy to think,

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yeah, yeah, I get that,

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that’s fine. But when you actually have to do something yourself, when you actually have to put it into

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practice, to solve a challenge or to build your own project, then all of a sudden you're using completely

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different skills, right?

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And you have to be able to conjure up how to do things and pull it out of your brain, which is very different

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from just absorbing things in.

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So one of the ways of combating this is to constantly do the pulling out, the retrieving of information,

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the retrieving of your skill. Try to practice as much as you can.

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Try to look up exercises around the Internet or try to make up questions for yourself, quizzes for yourself.

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Test yourself on variations of what you've done in the tutorials, or even better, anticipate what the

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tutorial is about to do

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and then just do it beforehand.

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Pause the video before I actually show you how to do something.

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Once you know what needs to be done, see if you can do it yourself.

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That is fundamentally different from actually just listening to me, because, you know, we can all sit and

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listen to lectures all day long, but if we're not focused, if we're not using the skills we're learning,

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then it's as if we haven't learned at all.

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So if you do more of this I promise things will become more within your reach and you will feel like

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you have a better grasp of the skills than if you had just sat and listened without trying it out.

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So have a go of that and keep going in the course. You’re getting really far and I’m really really proud

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of what you're able to do now.