Managing your Learning

Think of a book as a crutch. In your learning, you want to eventually throw the crutches away. Thus, in learning you want to be an alternate container of the book. To manage your learning, you must first learn about how you learn. This is very individual, and so how to do it depends on how you learn. This I don’t know, but I can offer some tips.

1.     Don’t forget you forget. So, material review is important.

2.     You only know something when it is fully contained in your mind and it all makes sense. Let no detail be missing.

3.     You must organize and manage your learning to times when YOU are receptive to learning. That means, you’re not tired, distracted, stressed, or depressed.

4.     You must not try to learn too fast. If you’re slow go slow, and don’t deprecate the feeling you are slow. Some learn slower but deeper, and this is very ok.

5.     Review what you’ve learned when you are doing other things - if only to prove to yourself of your progress.

6.     Be thorough, and give your learning that chance. You’re trying to achieve a goal, not make a speed record.

In sum, be deliberate, thorough, careful, and complete - all melded with that unique YOU! Know thyself first, then learn other things.