This document outlines 4 research techniques that are applicable to daily life: 1. Deconstruction, selection, sequencing, and stakes - breaking down a subject into minimum learnable units, focusing on the most important 20% of information, ordering the units for optimal learning, and providing motivation. 2. Free writing - writing continuously about a subject without constraints, letting the mind wander to explore new ideas and perspectives. 3. Using questions - framing the next steps around who, what, when, where, why, how, and which to systematically explore angles of a topic. 4. Repeating the question "Why" to dig deeper into understanding the causes and reasons behind a subject.