# Aidan Helfant Aidan Helfant is a gamification and meta-learning expert who specializes in Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) and helping students optimize their learning systems. He's best known for his course "Self-Learning Quest," which combines gamification with science-based meta-learning techniques to make learning effective and fun. Aidan hosts a bi-weekly podcast "Personal Knowledge Management with Aidan Helfant," interviewing experts in the PKM community, and has created video courses that have impacted over 500 students. He maintains a digital garden hosting his working notes from his Obsidian vault and approaches life as an "infinite game," believing every day is part of a greater whole. His mission is to create a world where education is enjoyable, accessible, and effective. ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Aidan Helfant]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Aidan Helfant]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[The best way to learn something new is to connect it to something old]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Aidan Helfant]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[The best way to learn something new is to connect it to something old]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Aidan Helfant]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->