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Self Development

You Need To See This If You Really Want To Grow

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Self Development

How Do I Become More Creative?

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More creative and innovative?

First, please, don't think you are not creative or innovative.
Then watch this speech from Sir Ken Robinson's who offers an interesting definition of creativity: "an idea that has value."
BTW, by watching this you will realize that the Western education system does not value creativity as it should. We are all creative, or as Picasso better put it: "All children are born artists. The problem is to remain one".

So you wanna be more creative and innovative?
Again, forget about it. Or at least about these terms.
Let me copy and paste what Jim Jarmusch said about creativity (spoiler: it doesn't really exist), which is more about stealing what exists and reassemble it in a new way:

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to."

A to-do list suggestion:

Read read read. A rich vocabulary forces your brain to exploit it better.
Watch all the great movies if you want to develop a better visual brain
Watch or read all the great humorists. Because just like visual artists, they challenge perception and reality in a new (and funny) way
Go to museums, for the same reason as #2 and #3.

How to do the to-do list

Take it easy. Take whatever subject (arts, movies, books, ..) that attracts you the most and start with that.
Rephrase "I wanna be more creative" by "I wanna be more curious". Think about your everyday life: How can you be more curious today? And tomorrow?
Rephrase "I wanna be more creative and innovative" by "I'd like to learn more about the work of "creative" people" and then ask yourself how do you think they came up with this idea, because that idea came from somewhere (see J. Jarmusch quote). You mentioned Stanley Kubrick: he was influenced by many many things from his earlier life, like Greek and Roman mythology, photography, sic-fi themes, other movie makers like Eisenstein, and so on.

The mother of all conclusions to this little post
=> Be kind to yourself: You got that question itching you to the point you got on Quora looking for answers. In other words, you got curious.

=> You want to improve. This means you want tochallenge a given situation.

=> You are ready to get opinions from other people, which means you are open to other people's ideas and perceptions.

=> You might steal some ideas to create your own

=> That is a pretty good start if you ask me. Have a great journey :)

Nevertheless, here are a few good tips:

Be acutely observant of your environment, by using all your senses;
Be curious and inquisitive;
Be open-minded to new and even radical possibilities;
Suspend judgement;
Make unlikely connections;
Ask questions, all kinds, especially open-ended ones, like "what if?", "why not?", "So what?", "What now?", etc.
Think like a child, but don't be childish, so to develop the beginner's mindset;
Learn to see things backwards, inside out, andupside down; inside the box as well as outside the box, plus no box at all;
Learn to see from atop; see ahead; see beyond; see behind; see sideways; see beneath; see from within; and see through, so as to develop multi-directional and multi-developmental viewpoints;
Break patterned routines, so as to be able to see something different or think something different or do something different; more precisely, to see the world afresh and anew;
Hitchhike; copycat; piggyback; leapfrog on other peoples' ideas, as "Ideas Build on Ideas";
You can make use of the simple but provenSCAMPER technique [it dates back to the 1950's], to expand your idea generation;

The name SCAMPER is actually an acronym for seven techniques:

- (S) substitute,

- (C) combine,

- (A) adapt,

- (M) modify,

- (P) put to another use,

- (E) eliminate and

- (R) reverse;

Self Development

Why Is Gossip Bad?

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I never understood how dangerous gossip is until I studied psychology where I discovered that a word or two that we say can result in destroying the relationship of many people months later!!

Your mind doesn’t see, hear or read but it tries to match what it receives from the external world with what it has in the internal world and That’s why you mihgt not notcie the erros that are in this phrsae you are currenlty raeding.

Even if you noticed these errors your mind will quickly try to find a match for them in its internal database so that it allows you to get the correct meanings.

The same goes for hearing. Have you ever heard a phrase that you didn't recognize then few seconds later you got what the other person was trying to say? Its the same thing exactly, your mind tried to find the closest match for the phrase and that's why you understood it seconds later.

So what does this has to do with gossiping!!! Read further and you will get it.

How gossiping affects the minds of the listeners

If a guy never met “Sam” and you told him that “Sam” is a mean person then his mind will store in its database the fact that Sam is mean even if he was not sure of it.

As soon as your friends meets Sam his mind will try to match Sam’s behavior with its internal database which states that Sam is mean and so the result will be interpreting any mistake that Sam makes as a sign for being mean.

Moreover, if Sam did anything good your friend’s mind will discard it because it doesn’t match its own database. Unless Sam does a considerable amount of effort to prove otherwise your friend will find hundreds of clues that supports the fact that he is mean.

Your friend will then start to treat Sam in a bad way after discovering that he is mean which will force Sam to respond back with bad treatmenttoo.

Shortly those two people will become enemies and they will start to hate each other. And guess what, all of this happened because of the small seed you planted when you told your friend that Sam is a mean person!!

Now what if you told him that Sam is mean,selfish, worthless and not interesting?

Gossip and mind programming

Our minds get programmed by repetition. Even if your friend was on good terms with Sam, still repeating the fact that he is mean will result in programming your friend's mind to believe that Sam is really mean.

The effect of the programming will become 10 times more powerful if two people did the same thing, for example if you and a third friend told your other friend that Sam is mean then most probably he will believe you.

In short, our minds always tries to match the external world with its internal world. By gossiping about someone you are modifying the listener’s internal world in such a way that he might find these bad things in the person you are talking about even if they were not there.

The only advice i have for you is to never gossip about someone, please try.

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Self Development, Students

16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School

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Evening Readers, I just felt I needed to share this.

I don’t think about the past or regret things much these days.

But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was.

Because some of these 16 things in this article a teacher probably spoke about in class. But I forgot about them or didn’t pay attention.

Some of it would probably not have stuck in my mind anyway. Or just been too far outside my reality at the time for me to accept and use.

But I still think that taking a few hours from all those German language classes and use them for some personal development classes would have been a good idea. Perhaps for just an hour a week in high school. It would probably be useful for many students and on a larger scale quite helpful for society in general.

So here are 16 things I wish they had taught me in school (or I just would like to have known about earlier).

1. The 80/20 rule.

This is one of the best ways to make better use of your time. The 80/20 rule – also known as The Pareto Principle – basically says that 80 percent of the value you will receive will come from 20 percent of your activities.

So a lot of what you do is probably not as useful or even necessary to do as you may think.

You can just drop – or vastly decrease the time you spend on – a whole bunch of things.

And if you do that you will have more time and energy to spend on those things that really brings your value, happiness, fulfilment and so on.

2. Parkinson’s Law.

You can do things quicker than you think. This law says that a task will expand in time and seeming complexity depending on the time you set aside for it. For instance, if you say to yourself that you’ll come up with a solution within a week then the problem will seem to grow more difficult and you’ll spend more and more time trying to come up with a solution.

So focus your time on finding solutions. Then just give yourself an hour (instead of the whole day) or the day (instead of the whole week) to solve the problem. This will force your mind to focus on solutions and action.

The result may not be exactly as perfect as if you had spent a week on the task, but as mentioned in the previous point, 80 percent of the value will come from 20 percent of the activities anyway. Or you may wind up with a better result because you haven’t overcomplicated or overpolished things. This will help you to get things done faster, to improve your ability to focus and give you more free time where you can totally focus on what’s in front of you instead of having some looming task creating stress in the back of your mind.

3. Batching.

Boring or routine tasks can create a lot of procrastination and low-level anxiety. One good way to get these things done quickly is to batch them. This means that you do them all in row. You will be able to do them quicker because there is less start-up time compared to if you spread them out. And when you are batching you become fully engaged in the tasks and more focused.

A batch of things to do in an hour today may look like this: Clean your desk / answer today’s emails / do the dishes / make three calls / write a grocery shopping list for tomorrow.

4. First, give value. Then, get value. Not the other way around.

This is a bit of a counter-intuitive thing. There is often an idea that someone should give us something or do something for us before we give back. The problem is just that a lot of people think that way. And so far less than possible is given either way.

If you want to increase the value you receive (money, love, kindness, opportunities etc.) you have to increase the value you give. Because over time you pretty much get what you give. It would perhaps be nice to get something for nothing. But that seldom happens.

5. Be proactive. Not reactive.

This one ties into the last point. If everyone is reactive then very little will get done. You could sit and wait and hope for someone else to do something. And that happens pretty often, but it can take a lot of time before it happens.

A more useful and beneficial way is to be proactive, to simply be the one to take the first practical action and get the ball rolling. This not only saves you a lot of waiting, but is also more pleasurable since you feel like you have the power over your life. Instead of feeling like you are run by a bunch of random outside forces.

6. Mistakes and failures are good.

When you are young you just try things and fail until you learn. As you grow a bit older, you learn from – for example – school to not make mistakes. And you try less and less things.

This may cause you to stop being proactive and to fall into a habit of being reactive, of waiting for someone else to do something. I mean, what if you actually tried something and failed? Perhaps people would laugh at you?

Perhaps they would. But when you experience that you soon realize that it is seldom the end of the world. And a lot of the time people don’t care that much. They have their own challenges and lives to worry about.

And success in life often comes from not giving up despite mistakes and failure. It comes from being persistent.

When you first learn to ride your bike you may fall over and over. Bruise a knee and cry a bit. But you get up, brush yourself off and get on the saddle again. And eventually you learn how to ride a bike. If you can just reconnect to your 5 year old self and do things that way – instead of giving up after a try/failure or two as grown-ups often do -you would probably experience a lot more interesting things, learn valuable lessons and have quite a bit more success.

7. Don’t beat yourself up.

Why do people give up after just few mistakes or failures? Well, I think one big reason is because they beat themselves up way too much. But it’s a kinda pointless habit. It only creates additional and unnecessary pain inside you and wastes your precious time. It’s best to try to drop this habit as much as you can.

8. Assume rapport.

Meeting new people is fun. But it can also induce nervousness. We all want to make a good first impression and not get stuck in an awkward conversation.

The best way to do this that I have found so far is to assume rapport. This means that you simply pretend that you are meeting one of your best friends. Then you start the interaction in that frame of mind instead of the nervous one.

This works surprisingly well.

9. Use your reticular activation system to your advantage.

I learned about the organs and the inner workings of the body in class but nobody told me about the reticular activation system. And that’s a shame, because this is one of the most powerful things you can learn about. What this focus system, this R.A.S, in your mind does is to allow you to see in your surroundings what you focus your thoughts on. It pretty much always helps you to find what you are looking for.

So you really need to focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want. And keep that focus steady.

Setting goals and reviewing them frequently is one way to keep your focus on what’s important and to help you take action that will move your closer to toward where you want to go. Another way is just to use external reminders such as pieces of paper where you can, for instance, write down a few things from this post like “Give value” or “Assume rapport”. And then you can put those pieces of paper on your fridge, bathroom mirror etc.

10. Your attitude changes your reality.

We have all heard that you should keep a positive attitude or perhaps that “you need to change your attitude!”. That is a nice piece of advice I suppose, but without any more reasons to do it is very easy to just brush such suggestions off and continue using your old attitude.

But the thing that I’ve discovered the last few years is that if you change your attitude, you actually change your reality. When you for instance use a positive attitude instead of a negative one you start to see things and viewpoints that were invisible to you before. You may think to yourself “why haven’t I thought about things this way before?”.

When you change your attitude you change what you focus on. And all things in your world can now be seen in a different light.

This is of course very similar to the previous tip but I wanted to give this one some space. Because changing your attitude can create an insane change in your world. It might not look like it if you just think about it though. Pessimism might seem like realism. But that is mostly because your R.A.S is tuned into seeing all the negative things you want to see. And that makes you “right” a lot of the time. And perhaps that is what you want. On the other hand, there are more fun things than being right all the time.

If you try changing your attitude for real – instead of analysing such a concept in your mind – you’ll be surprised.

11. Gratitude is a simple way to make yourself feel happy.

Sure, I was probably told that I should be grateful. Perhaps because it was the right thing to do or just something I should do. But if someone had said that feeling grateful about things for minute or two is a great way to turn a negative mood into a happy one I would probably have practised gratitude more. It is also a good tool for keeping your attitude up and focusing on the right things. And to make other people happy. Which tends to make you even happier, since emotions are contagious.

12. Don’t compare yourself to others.

The ego wants to compare. It wants to find reasons for you to feel good about yourself (“I’ve got a new bike!”). But by doing that it also becomes very hard to not compare yourself to others who have more than you (“Oh no, Bill has bought an even nicer bike!”). And so you don’t feel so good about yourself once again. If you compare yourself to others you let the world around control how you feel about yourself. It always becomes a rollercoaster of emotions.

A more useful way is to compare yourself to yourself. To look at how far you have come, what you have accomplished and how you have grown. It may not sound like that much fun but in the long run it brings a lot more inner stillness, personal power and positive feelings.

13. 80-90% of what you fear will happen never really come into reality.

This is a big one. Most things you fear will happen never happen. They are just monsters in your own mind. And if they happen then they will most often not be as painful or bad as you expected. Worrying is most often just a waste of time.

This is of course easy to say. But if you remind yourself of how little of what you feared throughout your life that has actually happened you can start to release more and more of that worry from your thoughts.

14. Don’t take things too seriously.

It’s very easy to get wrapped up in things. But most of the things you worry about never come into reality. And what may seem like a big problem right now you may not even remember in three years.

Taking yourself, your thoughts and your emotions too seriously often just seems to lead to more unnecessary suffering. So relax a little more and lighten up a bit. It can do wonders for your mood and as an extension of that; your life.

15. Write everything down.

If your memory is anything like mine then it’s like a leaking bucket. Many of your good or great ideas may be lost forever if you don’t make a habit of writing things down. This is also a good way to keep your focus on what you want.

16. There are opportunities in just about every experience.

In pretty much any experience there are always things that you can learn from it and things within the experience that can help you to grow. Negative experiences, mistakes and failure can sometimes be even better than a success because it teaches you something totally new, something that another success could never teach you.

Whenever you have a “negative experience” ask yourself: where is the opportunity in this? What is good about this situation? One negative experience can – with time – help you create many very positive experiences.

What do you wish someone had told you in school or you had just learned earlier in life?

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Motivation, Self Development

You Are Your Best Motivator

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Mental tactics can make a difference between staying in bed and making Pump class. For example, prospection – imagining how you’ll feel when what is now the future becomes the past – is just one hack. Along with these, strategic conversations with yourself and distraction can also work.

Take your mind elsewhere
If workouts feel like torture, no amount of refraining is going to work as you’re creating fresh evidence for the argument that exercise sucks. Try listening to music. Research shows that listening to music during a workout can extend the duration before you get tired, you’re effectively buying extra time and assisting your mission to re-imagine exercise as somewhere between neutral and enjoyable.

The diversion lowers perception of effort while endorphins released in response to hearing music we like masks fatigue according to psychologist Dane Barclay from Victoria’s Performance and Sports Psychology Clinic. “When we recognise that we are not enjoying something, our mind sends a spike of stress hormone cortisol to engage us in a behaviour that removes distress,” he says. Yet playlist selection is key as music that doesn’t match the workout tempo (think beats per minute) can backfire, piquing the body’s pain response.

Think of the outcome

Before you reach over for one too many doughnuts, a wave of guilt suddenly washes over you as you think of the outcomes of eating that extra doughnut. This here, is called prospection. It’s the ability to anticipate future mental processes, motivational and emotional states according to a paper published in the Journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.

Staying home and telling the girls you have a migraine, for instance, is likely to leave you feeling lousier than you possibly could from any half-hour workout. Conversely, you probably know well that there’s nothing more empowering than conquering a challenge, so you can be pretty sure that even if the workout does suck (and it’s unlikely), the feeling afterwards will be worth it.

Self-talk is real talk

Despite the appeal of memes and affirmations, statements of effervescent positivity can work against achieving goals. The problem, experts say, is that layering a conscious thought over contrary unconscious core beliefs can lead to counterproductive inner conflict (think analysis paralysis) and self-flagellation when results fail to materialise.

A study published in journal Psychological Science suggests that rather than steamrolling doubts and telling yourself you’re sure you’ll run faster today than ever, also known as ‘declarative self-talk’, acknowledge your fear that you’ll barely make

Self Development

COMPARING OTHER PEOPLE’S LIFE WITH YOURS KILLS YOUR JOY – SEE HOW

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We all try our best in our daily life activities, we learn new
things everyday, we get what we want by the kind of work we
explore on. In life, we all try to get better every day. We all set
dreams in our life. It may be getting a good salary package,
getting into higher position, extending our business, or
something else. To win the life race, we work hard and with the
time we finally accomplish it. We become happy and celebrate
it.

It is all right and it should be in that way, and not to worry
about what others have that you don’t have.
Note that our happiness lasts for very short time when we start
comparing the things we have with others and that’s why you
have to remain happy with what you have and not to look
outside.

HOW COMPARING PEOPLE’S LIFE WITH YOURS KILLS YOUR
HAPPINESS

No one wants to be below others, and that’s why we all want to
get ahead among friends, colleagues, and even among family. If
today you are happy just because you have more than others
then be ready to lose your happiness because it will start
vanishing when you see someone else having more than you
even when you work hard. You spent months or may be even
years to get where you are. But it will only take a few days to
end your feeling of joy if it’s based on what others have.

Comparing your life with that of others:
Be contended with what you have. If you want to truly enjoy
what you have achieved, Never ever compare it with others.
There will always be some ahead of you and some behind you in
your field.

Actually you can never compare yourself with others. You may
know yourself completely. You may be aware of what you have
and how you got that. But you can never know what
circumstances someone else has and how he got that. You can
compare one factor but you never even know other factors.
What you see is not always the whole thing.

Do you think that someone is behind you just because he is not
earning as much as you? No, he may be living his life better
than you. He could be happier than you. So, what is the use of
earning more, if you are not living your life well? You may be
good at one thing while others may be good at some other
thing.

Not Respecting people for what they are and not Loving yourself
for whatever you are.
Think what you have done better today than you did yesterday.

Keep yourself growing and celebrate your victories without
comparing them to anyone else. It is good to get inspired from
someone you think is better than you. But do not be held by
comparison. Find your qualities, Develop it. Pursue your hobbies,
Enjoy it.

Do not compare and feel the joy inside you all the
time. You’ll continue having your joy when you understand that
people can’t be thesame in life. That height you want to reach
will be attained if you focus on your lifestyle and if you want to
compare, take only the good part that will change your mindset.
Have a nice day!

Self Development

12 Easy Ways To Conquer The Power Of Lateness

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Self Development

People Who Over Think Will Understand

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Overthinking is a common habit. Those of us who know thefeeling of thinking about one thing again and again and again,will find themselves in this article.

1. They’re slightly obsessive in a “get things done” kind of way.
This means that they are more obsessed, than needy of
perfection. They’re obsessed in a good way. They accomplish
things, get things done.

2. They are the opposite of simple-minded.
They’re not complicated, they’re complex. They, thoughtfully,
make the most out of anything and everything. If you ask them
to make an egg and cheese omelet, they’ll find a way to make
it the best omelet you’ve ever had. Creativity is born of
finding new ways of thinking.

3. They have high expectations.
They’re hard on themselves because they always want to put
their best foot forward. They expect a lot of others also
because they give so much of themselves. Overthinking leads to
higher standards and higher expectations.

4. They know how to Carpe Diem.
They “seize the day” like no other. Overthinkers are ambitious
and driven. They make the most out of every moment, analyzing
it all, not leaving anything to chance, regret or indifference.
They, thoughtfully, make each moment matter.

5. They’re great conversationalists.
Everything they’ve ever attempted, they’ve thought through.
This means that they researched every possible way to do
something then settled on the best approach. They usually have
tidbits of information on almost everything. These guys have
thought of everything!

6. They are patient.
They have the stamina to consider all options before committing
to a decision. As long as they can feed their need to overthink,
they are willing to take the time to do more, give more, over-
extend themselves, all for the sake of analyzing the situation
completely. Overthinkers are less likely to make quick, irrational
decisions.

7. They’re multi-taskers.
They cover all the bases, they would do the work of four people
to make sure something is done correctly. They tend to do a
little more than what is expected of them and are happy to do
so. They don’t even realize how much extra effort they exert.

8. They are multi-passionate.
Overthinkers are open to trying new things, eating new foods,
attempting new approaches. They’re open to change. They leave
no stone un-turned. To overthink, is to get tired of one way of
thinking and to continue to think of the same thing with a new
angle. Overthinking breeds change which then breeds creativity
and innovation.

9. They are self-aware and socially-aware.
They follow etiquette rules and have couth. They rarely put
their foot in their mouth because they understand the basic
rules of social engagement. If they don’t know the rules, they
find them. They are too afraid to act incorrectly that they
avoid it by thinking of all scenarios and being prepared in all
situations.

10. They have no regrets.
They put all they have into everything so that they don’t ever
have to wish they had tried harder, said something smarter,
gave more, or done better. They’ve thought out all outcomes.
They are prepared for all situations. They’ve over thought, thus
seeking new knowledge to make better decisions.

11. They are well liked.
Overthinking people care so much about others, that they
consider your feelings and never make you feel left out. They
go out of their way to connect people and make others feel
uncomfortable even when it’s uncalled for. They are the
unintentional kindness ambassador because they are worried
about everyone’s well being.

12. They excel at almost everything they do.
They put so much thought into everything they do that it’s
inevitable that they would keep at something. This makes them
ambitious people. Overthinking leads to overdoing in many other
aspects of life. Over-exert. Over-impress. Over-achieve.

13. They’re positive.
Since overthinkers just never quit thinking, they tend to live in
their own little world thinking that anything is possible. If you
can thinketh, you can solveth. If you can thinketh, you can
overcometh. In a blind ambitious way, their process of
overthinking is just a defense mechanism to quitting. Where
there is a will, there is a way!

14. They are the glue that keeps it all together.
Overthinkers are people who can’t sit behind the scenes.
Overthinking people are not simpletons, they’re involved and
they are engaged. Leave it to an overthinker to be the
organizer that puts all the pieces together no matter what the
situation.

15. They live by making lists.
Therefore, they’re more organized. In order to keep up with all
their ideas, they have to put it on paper.

16. They are hostesses with the mostesses.
They throw the best parties. They take their time to thinking of
everything, using creativity, novelty, innovation, originality.
There isn’t anything they haven’t thought of when it comes to
etiquette and entertaining.

17. Their brains can handle a lot of information.
They’re driven a little further than others who would not have
the stamina to think of so many things. They can handle higher
highs and lower lows than most.

18. They are obsessive Like a Champion.
Thinking in overload is the x factor. It’s that obsessive trait
that drives successful athletes towards massive achievement. In
a documentary of the Williams sisters, two extraordinary tennis
stars, one of the sisters commented, “I think perfectionist
people are nuts. I think obsessive people are A-OK.”

19. They give the greatest gifts.
Overthinkers are show offs. Or that’s what it seems to the
average person who just doesn’t take the time to think that
hard about a gift. An overthinker’s gift is so over the top
perfect. Everything about it is thoughtful, it’s customized and
personalized taking into account the occasion, the person
receiving it and their relationship to it.

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Self Development

Not understanding your Lecturers Teachings in class?

23:40 Faith Dan 2 Comments

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MY LEACTURER IS TEACHING ME
I CAN'T READ AND UNDERSTAND.

My Learning Skills

Don't understand lecturers teaching
Ok, let’s tackle the first one. You don’t understand what
you are being taught? That can be due to some certain
reasons.

It’s important to note that, no matter how difficult a topic
may seem, there’s something you grabbed from it. Just
that you haven’t given yourself enough conscious time to
grab it. So, you should keep that in mind.
Here are reasons why you are not understanding what your
Lecturers are teaching in class

1. You are not paying very
good attention.
You may think you are but you are not really paying

attention in class. My advice > aim to come to class early
enough to get a position at the front row. And not just get
a seat there, also focus on paying maximum attention on
your Lecturers as they teach. Remember, you’re only new

to this so it will need practice. The idea is to start picking
up some points in class at the first instance and then build
on that, learn and adapt. What works for you and what
doesn’t.

2. You are not preparing for the
class well.
This is equally common. You should pre-read a topic before
the Lecturer introduces it in class. Even if you didn’t
understand when you were reading, you’ll be able to follow
up the Lecturer and not get easily waved away. Simply put,
you already have an idea of what the Lecturer is saying and
it’ll be easier to understand.
So, get your course outline and start doing some work.

3. You are not asking questions and getting
help.
If you don’t get help when you need it, you’ll be lost while
the Lecturer moves on. So, overcome the drag and ask your
lecturers questions in class. They’ll explain better and you’ll
also understand it.

As for the second one… You can’t read and understand.
It’s not true. You just have to keep on reading. Devote
mindful time to studies and condition your brain to realize
you need to understand a topic.
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Anti Success Symptoms That Limits Our Progress In Life.

13:51 Faith Dan 0 Comments

Success is the achievement of something you have been trying to do , it takes so many things to succeed in one's life .Laboring to be successful in life have been misinterpreted by so many people to suit their lifestyle , which have led people to commit so many atrocities like killing all in the name of hard work .BELOW ARE SOME OF THE ANTI SUCCESS SYMPTOMS...

ENVIRONMENT : The environment we find ourselves sometimes tells how our future will look like .Many dreams have been killed today due to the environment we are into . Where you stay matters a lot in life . Learn to stay in a place that will help you to build your career rather than staying in a place that will kill it .

THE OPINION OF OTHERS : I will like to ask you this simple question 'WHO ARE YOUR FRIENDS ? WHAT VALUES DO THEY ADD TO YOUR LIFE ?. So many people have failed to attain to a greater height in life due to the opinion of their friends , not because they are not hardworking , but because of the opinion of people around them.The devil uses those closer to us , whose opinion we value , to destroy our destiny. Learn to seek the opinion of people that have great hunger for success.

PROCRASTINATION : The saying of 'I WILL'. Leaving things you should do until later time , maybe because you do not want to do them . Majority of people live by the word 'I WILL' . And it will be there for days and from days to months which then leads to years. Success cannot be accomplished without self discipline.

FEAR : Like the saying ' He who fears to try will never know what he would have accomplished . Fear is one of the strong tools that limit our success in life .It is dwelling on things that would go wrong instead of things that would go right .For you to succeed in life , you must try to overcome the fear in you by every possible means.

PAST FAILURE : Failure provides another opportunity to enjoy success . You cannot be successful in life if you have not encountered some difficulties along the line .And how you handle such situations is what differentiates you from others.Past failure is never a reason to stop trying As success can't be accomplished at first trial . Remember that it is better to try and fail than never to try at all.

PRIDE : A feeling of satisfaction or pleasure that pone gets from doing something well . You are satisfied because of the great task you accomplished today but there is no limit to satisfaction if you want to go far in life . It is a continuous journey which you will be moving day by day.

DISTRACTIONS : It is one of the major tools that brings setback in life of people. It is hard to overcome but if you overcome it , success will be knocking at your door . Human beings are being faced with so many distractions in life ranging from friends , family and work place and these distractions ends up putting the person in confusion . Every thing can be permissible for me but not all of them is beneficial. Learn to always do things that will add value to your life......

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10 BENEFITS OF READING EVERYDAY

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When was the last time you read a book or a good and readable newspaper article? Do you only read tweets, Facebook updates or any social media updates ? If you’re one of the numerous people who don’t make a habit of reading regularly, you might not be aware that reading has a significant number of benefits. Some of these include:

Stimulation of the Mental Mind

Keeping one’s brain active and engaged prevents it from losing power. As a result, studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent) Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy. Therefore, the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly applicable when it comes to your mind. Doing puzzles and playing games such as chess have also been found to be helpful with cognitive stimulation.

Reduction of stress

No matter how much stress you have at work, in your personal relationships, or other life issues, it slips away when you engage in a great story book . A well-written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging article will keep you in the present moment, thereby, letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax.

Getting one equipped with sound knowledge

Knowledge cannot be got in a vacuum. One gets knowledge from what one reads. Everything you read fills your head with new bits of information, and you never know when it might come in handy. The more knowledge you have, the better-equipped you are to tackle any challenge you’ll ever face.

Also , it should be noted that wherever you find yourself and in any circumstance, remember that you might lose everything else—your job, your possessions, your money, even your health, but knowledge can never be taken away from you.

Expansion of one’s word power

This goes with the saying: ” The more you read, the more words you gain exposure to, and they’ll inevitably make their way into your everyday vocabulary.” Being articulate or outspoken is a great help in any profession, and knowing that you can speak with anybody with self-confidence can boost to your self-esteem. It can even help you in your career, as those who are well-read, well-spoken, and knowledgeable on a variety of topics tend to get promotions more quickly (and more often) than those with smaller vocabularies and lack of awareness of literature, scientific breakthroughs and global events.

Reading books is also important for learning new languages, as non-native speakers gain exposure to words used in contexts, which will improve their own speaking and writing fluency.

Improvement of Memory

When you read a book, you have to remember an assortment of characters, their backgrounds, ambitions, history, and nuances, as well as the various arcs and sub-plots that weave their way through every story. Brains are marvellous things that can remember these things with relative ease. So, don’t be anazed! Surprisingly enough, every new memory you create aids new brain pathways and strengthens the existing ones. This assists a short-term memory recall as well as stabilizing moods. Is that not cool?

Stronger Analytical Thinking Skills

Have you ever read an amazing mysterious novel, and solved the mystery yourself before finishing the book? If so, you have been able to put critical and analytical thinking to work by taking note of all the details provided and sorting them out with a view to solving your immediate problems.

Focus and Concentration Improvement

In our internet-crazed world, attention is drawn in a million different directions at once as we engage in many tasks everyday. Within just five minutes, an average person will divide his time among working on a task, checking email, chatting with a couple of people (via gchat, skype, etc.), keeping an eye on twitter, monitoring his Smartphone, and interacting with co-workers. This type of behaviour causes stress levels to rise, and lowers our productivity.

When you read a book, all of your attention is focused on the story—the rest of the world just falls away, and you can immerse yourself in every fine detail you’re absorbing. Try reading for 15-20 minutes before work (i.e. on your morning commute, if you take public transit), and you’ll be surprised at how much more focused you are once you get to the office.

Better Writing Skills

This goes hand-in-hand with the expansion of your vocabulary: exposure to published, well-written work has a great effect on one’s own writing, as observing the fluidity, and writing styles of other authors will invariably influence your own work. In the same way that musicians influence one another, and painters use techniques established by previous masters, so do writers learn how to craft prose by reading the works of others.

Tranquility

In addition to the relaxation that accompanies reading a good book, it’s possible that the subject you read about can bring about great inner peace and tranquility. Reading spiritual texts can lower blood pressure and bring about an immense sense of calm, while reading self-help books has been shown to help people suffering from certain mood disorders and mild mental illnesses.

Free Entertainment

Though, many of us like to buy books so that we can comment on them and dog-ear pages for future references. For low-budget entertainment, you can visit your local library and bask in the glory of the countless books available there for free. Libraries have books on every books you can think of. So, since they rotate their stock and constantly get new books, you’ll never run out of reading materials.

If you live in an area that doesn’t have a local library, or if

you are not mobile and can’t get to one easily, most libraries have their books available in PDF or ePub formats so that you can read them on your e-reader, iPad, or your computer screen. There are also many sources online where you can download free e-posts. Therefore, go hunting for something new to read!

The points are developed from www.lifehack.org

There’s a reading genre for every literate person on the planet, and whether your tastes lie in classical literature, poetry, fashion magazines, biographies, religious texts, young adult books, self-help guides, street lit, or romance novels, there’s something out there to capture your curiosity and imagination. Step away from your computer for a little while, crack open a book, and replenish your soul for a little while.

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