We should learn for learning sake. Any other reason seems worthless. Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash I got this impression from Csikszentmihalyi’s book I’m reading on creativity. At a certain point, he says, ” The many years of tedious calculations are vindicated...
Reading comes in two kinds. The writings you love and those you hate. Everything else is not a waste of time, but simply not for you. Photo by Aaron Burden at unsplash It’s easy to read the things you love. Ideas that drive change or intrigue you. Examples you can...
Time has an arrow, and it points forward. There’s no way back. If you lose the pace in what you want to achieve when you begin learning something, there’s no other way but picking up the pace again. I can think of several reasons to lose pace while you learn. Because...
One of our primary sources of tension and stress. If you are submitting a project or scholarship application, and the deadline approaches, everyone pushes their review to the last minute and stress. You stress because you already know the likelihood of something going...
Some people think challenges should be easier because when we’re nervous, we lack attention. Being nervous is not the cause of a lack of attention. Some people experience the opposite, a sense of greater focus when they’re nervous. A state of alertness....
