STUDYING
MACHINE
MACHINE
Learn Like a Machine gives you 7 science-backed techniques, each with a 10-minute exercise and a ready-to-paste AI prompt. Free, and readable in about an hour.
You're not bad at learning. You were just never taught how. Rereading, highlighting, and cramming feel productive, but cognitive science shows they're among the weakest ways to learn. Within a week, most of it is gone.
The good news? The methods that actually work are simple, take minutes a day, and fit around a real job.
Each chapter shows you the science in plain English, a real workplace example, a 10-minute exercise, and an AI prompt you can paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
Remember what you read, using active recall.
Stop cramming with a simple spaced repetition schedule.
Find the gaps in your understanding with the Feynman Technique.
Know which tool to use when nobody labels the problem.
Turn complex processes into one-page sketches.
Ask the five questions that turn facts into judgment.
Get better faster by drilling your weakest sub-skill.
I'm Carlos Miguel, an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a career advisor who has spent years helping professionals through career transitions. I created Studying Machine because I kept seeing the same thing: smart, capable people who were never taught how to learn.
This guide is the shortcut I wish someone had handed me.
Connect with me on LinkedIn →Free. About an hour to read. Useful for the rest of your career.