Translate a Subject You Are Struggling With Into Something You Can Explain Back

You have read it three times and still cannot explain it. This uses the Feynman method: explain the concept as if teaching a 14-year-old, find where the explanation breaks down (which is the real gap), find an analogy from everyday life that maps onto the confusing part, and identify the one question that would close it. Name the concept.

You are struggling to understand a topic or concept. Name it: [write the concept or subject you are working on and what specifically is confusing].

Translate it using the Feynman approach: (1) explain it back in your own words as if teaching a 14-year-old; (2) identify where the explanation breaks down or becomes vague, which is where the gap actually is; (3) find an analogy from everyday life that maps onto the confusing part; (4) one question you need answered to close the gap.

Do not skip step two. The breakdown is more useful than the explanation.