Tips on How to Love Learning

If a person has the desire and willingness to remain curious about the world, ask questions, seek out information and knowledge, spark up their brain and remove all barriers and blocks to learning, then they can change their lives: with effort they unleash their own potential.

#1 Unlearn useless learning: You are an adult and you have the capacity to unlearn all the useless beliefs you have about yourself as a learner. You have the power and potential to turn your attention to anything you want to learn. You are more within your rights to ask questions, and you can now choose how you wish to learn.

#2 Re-educate your brain: Ask yourself if you’re limiting your potential to achieving your goals because of the limits you have surrounding your beliefs about learning. To re-educate your brain, spend some time exploring the brain and how it likes to learn. Read more about learning styles and preferences: find which way is your way and incorporate it into your learn. Your brain is an incredible learning machine. It’s multi-sensory, nothing (yet) matches it’s capability.

#3 Grow curiosity: Give yourself full permission to be curious about the world. Ask why. Seek different opportunities, try new ideas, and allow yourself full creativity. Carry out tasks you may find Repetitive and boring in a completely different way. Play. Be unique. Choose your preferred ways of completing tasks. Accept that you were once exceptional at finding out information by asking the questions you may hold back on as an adult.

#4 Be Resilient: Resilience is not solely about bouncing back quicker from setbacks, resilience includes you being able to maintain your emotional and mental well-being in any environment or circumstance that is challenging you or where there is a risk involved. Resilient learning is about staying on the course, staying with the learning until it moves from new to embed. The a-ha moment when you ‘get it’. When you push through the resistance and defeat the dragons called barriers.

8 Money Management Tips for College Students

You can feel financially secure if you have enough money to pay for what you need today and in the future. And, this is one of the many reasons many of us save money and invest (if need be). Here are 10 simple money management tips that can help you even if you're still finishing college. 1. Set aside some cash in different compartments of your wallet. Ever found some extra cash in your wallet? Did you feel happy finding them "out of nowhere"? I know I did. By doing this, I trick my mind into thinking I have lesser cash on hand to spend, so I won't spend unnecessarily. This is especially useful in "emergency" moments. 2. Carry less cash. Withdraw just enough money from your bank. The idea is to hold lesser cash. When you open your wallet and find that you only have $5, chances are you're less likely to spend it. Of course, if you do need to spend it, you'll have to withdraw money from your ATM card. This gives you more time to think w

Seven Things You Should Have Learned in Your 20's

I believe this post needs no introduction. The title says it all. Just read up! RESILIENCE Source: UNSPLASH Honesty - When you're late to an appointment, it's tempting to pin the blame on gridlock or train delays. Instead, just apologize. You don't have to give details. 'I planned poorly' is a hundred times better than risking your integrity by inanely blaming traffic." Starting an interesting conversation - "Conversation-making is probably the most underrated skill," says Deepak Mehta, who admits that he's a shy person who's always found it difficult. But experience has taught him that if you dare to strike up a discussion with the person next to you, you might very well end up with a new friend, a business connection, or some novel insights on an old topic. Effective Communication - No matter your career field, you can always improve the way you speak and write. "Think about ways to challenge yourself and tweak how you writ

Five Best Ways to Build Your Soft Skills

Soft skills are your people or interpersonal skills. Your unique characteristics, traits, and abilities. Examples of soft skills are your ability to communicate, lead others or be a team member, and can adapt to changing situations. Interpersonal skills are harder to quantify than hard skills such as your expertise with spreadsheet or database software. There are many ways you can keep your talents up-to-date. Below are a few of them. Learning something new demonstrates your can-do attitude and problem solving skills. Scanning the job postings for "preferred" items can be your source of inspiration. You want a job, but you don't have certain requirements. First, you are proactive in learning the skills that the employer wants. Second, you have solved the problem of joblessness. Volunteering is a noble way of building teamwork and service skills. Most not for profit community service agencies have seen declining donations due to economic conditions

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