It is not easy to persist, especially when you realize you invested time in the wrong idea. But if you don’t practice persistence, you may hardly find the way of resilience, one of learning’s most powerful forces. Even in the case of realizing we persisted in the...
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...
It is likely to be the best and most difficult thing to achieve with anything you learn. Photo by Amy Treasure at unsplash When you’re autonomous, you do anything by yourself. You do not copy or let others do it for you. When you’re autonomous, you’ll...
“There is really only one liberal study that deserves the name – because it makes a person free – and that is the pursuit of wisdom.” – Seneca A student today told me he only wanted to reach the minimums in a discipline I teach with other colleagues on...
Learning is as hard as rewarding. And the most natural experience is the difficulty of learning. How can we overcome difficulties in learning? When facing difficulties, we can overcome them in different ways. We can ignore difficulties and “hope” for the best. This is...
