There are
probably a dozen items on your lifelong list of things to learn: A foreign
language, guitar, martial arts, yoga, a sport, chess,
programming, html/css, drawing/painting, your genealogy or writing a book … remember the list is endless!
I hereby
challenge you to tackle one of your learning projects for the month of June 2017
Why join the Challenge?
Because you’re looking for a new challenge
Because you’ve always wanted to focus on learning new thing
Because you’ll develop a lifelong habit of learning.
Because you’re looking for a new challenge
Because you’ve always wanted to focus on learning new thing
Because you’ll develop a lifelong habit of learning.
Effective Learning
Techniques
I’ve been putting
these ideas into practice myself and will share what I’ve learned, with my
suggestions for how you might tackle your learning challenge in June.
In addition,
we’ll have a weekly reviews, which I’ve found to
be really important in creating new habits and learning from your experience.
Tips for a Successful
Challenge
I want you to succeed in the 30-Day
Learning Challenge … so here are my suggestions:
- Carve out a daily session. Lots of people sign up for challenges but then
don’t actually make it happen. If you really want to succeed, set a time
when you’re going to do your studying or practice. You just need 10-15
minutes. Set a reminder. Find a space to do it. Turn off everything but
what you need.
- Journal daily.
After you study, do a short journal entry about it. It can be in a paper
notebook or a computer document doesn’t matter … just reflect on how you
did, what you learned, what went wrong, what you need to do next.
- Have an accountability partner. It’s much easier to stick to challenges if
you’re doing it with someone else, or if you report daily to a group or a
bunch of your friends. Make a commitment!
- Don’t be afraid of effort and mistakes. True learning happens only when we put effort
into it, and when we make mistakes. Most people want learning to be easy
and successful, but you won’t really learn anything that way. Force
yourself to really concentrate, to do the hard work (in small doses), and you’ll
see great progress.
- Enjoy the process, but let the results come later. Each learning session might be hard, but smile
as you do it. Enjoy the miracle of being able to learn new things, of
immersing yourself in something new and uncomfortable. You’ll get results
later, over time, but for now, just focus on the process.
Major Love! Lukysha-
