The Secret to Learning....
If you were going to teach someone something, what would be the most important quality you’d want your “student” to have?
Numerous studies have been conducted trying to answer this exact question. What is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY every student must possess?
Why would so many brilliant minds spend countless hours researching and analyzing this question? Why is it so critical to possess this quality?
Dr. Benjamin Bloom, a noted psychologist who spent the better part of his brilliant career studying EXCELLENCE once said that “ANYONE can learn ANYTHING given enough time.”
What that tells us is that you don’t have to be a genius in order to learn anything. You just have to study it as long as it takes UNTIL you’ve learned it.
The most successful people in the world in every field are all outstanding learners. They learn whatever information they need to in order to improve in their areas of interest, and never stop expanding their knowledge.
The SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY every student must possess is the DESIRE to want to learn the subject. The stronger the DESIRE to MASTER the knowledge being learned, the more successful the student will become.
Are you a student? Do you have a regular plan for learning new information that you can put to use in your life? Do you budget time every day, every week for learning? Do you budget money every month for your continuing education?
Chances are, if you’re out of school, you don’t do any of this! And chances are, you’ll never be successful. Never! If you do happen to stumble into success through luck, you’ll lose it, because you’ve never learned anything else.
I hate to be the bearer of this news, but that’s how we are. We run on our own programs, our habits, and unless we learn to change them……well, I hope you’re getting the picture.
Do you want to be a lot more successful in life? Starting right now?
Make up your mind that from this moment forward YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO BE A GREAT STUDENT!
Once you decide exactly what it is you want to learn, have a burning desire to learn it well enough to MASTER IT, and to put it into action in your life.
I guarantee you that the second you adopt this attitude, and decide once and for all that you are going to become a great student, your life will never be the same.
Namaste.
Jeff
Numerous studies have been conducted trying to answer this exact question. What is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY every student must possess?
Why would so many brilliant minds spend countless hours researching and analyzing this question? Why is it so critical to possess this quality?
Dr. Benjamin Bloom, a noted psychologist who spent the better part of his brilliant career studying EXCELLENCE once said that “ANYONE can learn ANYTHING given enough time.”
What that tells us is that you don’t have to be a genius in order to learn anything. You just have to study it as long as it takes UNTIL you’ve learned it.
The most successful people in the world in every field are all outstanding learners. They learn whatever information they need to in order to improve in their areas of interest, and never stop expanding their knowledge.
The SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY every student must possess is the DESIRE to want to learn the subject. The stronger the DESIRE to MASTER the knowledge being learned, the more successful the student will become.
Are you a student? Do you have a regular plan for learning new information that you can put to use in your life? Do you budget time every day, every week for learning? Do you budget money every month for your continuing education?
Chances are, if you’re out of school, you don’t do any of this! And chances are, you’ll never be successful. Never! If you do happen to stumble into success through luck, you’ll lose it, because you’ve never learned anything else.
I hate to be the bearer of this news, but that’s how we are. We run on our own programs, our habits, and unless we learn to change them……well, I hope you’re getting the picture.
Do you want to be a lot more successful in life? Starting right now?
Make up your mind that from this moment forward YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BURNING DESIRE TO BE A GREAT STUDENT!
Once you decide exactly what it is you want to learn, have a burning desire to learn it well enough to MASTER IT, and to put it into action in your life.
I guarantee you that the second you adopt this attitude, and decide once and for all that you are going to become a great student, your life will never be the same.
Namaste.
Jeff
posted by Jeff Fagin at 8:35 AM
2 Comments:
It takes concentration but I'm learning to form and focus my learning on my desired goals.
Larry E.
I read this at the perfect time in my life. I am just starting my first year of graduate school and this will definitely help me to keep things in perspective, especially when the work gets to be rough. Thanks so much!
-Sharona
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