Learning is something that you need motivation to do. If you want to find yourself a better learner or even a smarter student you will find the following tips helpful. You can psychologically change your mind to become a better learner. Persistence is a big part of learning, when you set your mind to something you will find it easier to absorb the material. Following these tips, will help you make yourself a more consistent and superb learner.
10 Ways to learn
Don't give up!Be persistent! Successful, smart people don't give up! They believe that they can do it and continue to fight through every obstacle that gets in their way because they know they can do it. For example, scientists spend months, even years trying to figure an answer to the same problem. Don't give up!
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SET goalsSet goals to challenge yourself in everything you do. When you set goals you aren't allowing yourself to take the easy way out. Goals bring you to your greatest potential and is essential to great success. Great achievers set goals by prioritizing, defining our ideas, outlining our objectives and controlling our environment. Your goals should be measurable, meaning they should be able to be reached over time and you should also commit to your goals.
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step out of your comfort zoneYour comfort zone is where you feel comfortable with the things you do. This gives you the feeling of being safe and you don't feel at risk. Stepping out of your comfort zone allows you to expand your opportunities for learning. Allowing yourself to take larger risks will help you grow and as a learner By challenging ourselves to retrieve or generate answers we can improve our recall.
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be a good receiverWhen someone is talking to you it is a necessity to be a good receiver. This includes facing them, showing you are interested in what they are saying, making eye contact, and responding to what they say. By being a good receiver, you are opening up showing you want to expand your learning and you care about what the giver is telling you.
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ASk questions!A way to show that you are being a good receiver is to ask questions. Follow-up questions show that you were listening and you can also learn a lot more than you thought you would. If you ask questions you are showing that you want to learn and the drive to succeed will make for you to be a better learner.
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Learning stylesThere a multiple ways of learning. Everyone has a preferred learning style, but if you challenge yourself to learn in other ways you will find it easier to recall. You can learn visually, musically, verbally, physically, logically, socially or solitarily. Personally, I am a visual learner and that is how I like to be taught, but when I introduce new learning styles it is easier for me to remember what I was learning because it was taught to me in a way that I could remember.
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Teach yourself good behaviorsHave you ever done chores and when you finished you received some type of reward? You are learning to associate good behaviors with rewards. You can condition yourself by using this technique. For example if you place a M&M® on each paragraph of a text book that you have to read. You will encourage yourself to keep reading with rewards and conditioning you to become a better learner.
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