How to Be a Lifelong Learner
Learning is the lifeblood of success in both your personal or professional life. If you lose interest in learning at some point and think that you have had enough of it, you are doomed to fail.
No matter where you are, what circumstances you are going through, you are constantly learning things. Your mind never stops working, but if you put it to good use, i.e. to becoming a lifelong learner, you will reap rewards in the long run. If you keep learning in your professional life, you can raise your chances of earning more.
Instructions
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Change your idea of learning
Start looking at learning from a completely new perspective as you might have been told all your life that formal education is the best source of knowledge. Formal education might have contributed a lot to your successes in life, but what you learn informally from personal experience, friends and family is better than anything else. Ignore the widely-embraced notion that learning can only be gained through formal classes, college or university. -
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Be optimistic about learning new things
Never stop believing in yourself and keep trying to learn new things. One of the biggest hurdles that may hamper you from becoming a lifelong learner is the thought that you cannot learn new things after a certain time. This is wrong. Your learning style may go through some changes with the passage of time, but it should not stop you from learning. Understand how your brain gathers information and keeps it safe for you to use it later. Give yourself hope that your brain is still as smart as it ever was. -
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Set goals
Set goals in your life and try to get knowledge and information in order to attain those goals. You should ask yourself questions as to why you want to learn and what your deadline is. Although learning should not be limited to deadlines, but when you set goals, you will surely want to achieve them in a certain time period and move on to the next objectives. -
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Ask a lot of questions
Never stop asking questions as it is these that make you want to learn things. No matter what field you work in, you should keep coming up with questions that will interest yourself and people that work with you. -
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Read
Reading is a nice way to keep learning. Reading should not be limited to books or print publication, as the use of the Internet can also enhance your learning skills and give you plenty of information in a very short time.
