How to make the learning habit
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Gretchen Rubin (Gretchen Rubin)
Lawyer, blogger and author of several popular books on psychology. In his book, "Better than before» (Better than Before) it is considering a number of different strategies that we use to acquire some habit or vice versa, to get rid of it. A special chapter is devoted to how to make a habit of learning.
Habits do not arise out of nowhere, most often they are the result of our own conscious choice. They grant us the freedom to exempt from exhausting the process of decision-making and the need to look after themselves every second. Since approximately 40% of the daily life habits formed, it would be nice to buy those that would have made us happier, more successful and more productive. Consider how to make a habit of learning something.
Determine what you will learn
1. Allow time for large-scale reflection
The constant turmoil of everyday life is often no time to think about global life goals. How would you like to see yourself in five years? How could you develop your skills to make their work more productive, and himself - a valuable skill? We are all different, someone thought enough for such an hour once a week, someone will not be enough day, while others prefer to think at all a problem of global scale with a long country bike ride. For some, it will be more convenient to think of the eternal alone with a notebook, while others will go a completely different way and discuss everything with colleagues or old friends, trust.
2. Take time to think about the details
Sometimes, trying to quickly implement his plan ambitious plans, we overload ourselves and forget about the small household affairs. And they are no less important: sometimes useful to focus on small, manageable things that you can immediately implement. What you need to learn today to make your job easier or start to earn more?
3. Ask yourself, who do you envy?
Envy - negative emotion, but it can serve as a great incentive for self-knowledge. If you are jealous of someone, it means that this person has something that really want to have and you. Who do you envy: a friend who is constantly traveling, or are others who never need anything else? His colleague, who successfully passed the MBA program, or colleague who just throw words to the wind? Envy helps to find out in what direction we want to grow and develop.
Make a habit of training
4. Narrow goal
Plans such as "read more", "get up early" or "learn something new" is too vague and indeterminate. Narrow down what you want to achieve. Give your goal form a specific, measurable and manageable steps. For example, "every month to attend the conference in an interesting direction to me", "for the year read 52 booksI related to my profession "or" spend two hours every Thursday, reading articles that are saved in the bookmark for a week. " Clearly defined goal will encourage you to act.
5. Monitor your habits
The control has a strange power over us. Studies show that by simply controlling their behavior, we begin to perform tasks much better. No matter what it is: counting steps from the apartments to the nearest store or the amount committed for a day of phone calls. The same can be applied to how often we look at training materials or to find time to practice the new skill. Make sure that both begins to produce new habit and it will help you move in the right direction.
6. Make a schedule for your habits
The goal formulated as "to examine something of such things," will always be somewhere in the dusty basement of your to-do list. It is certainly important, only a certain period of implementation it does not have, which is why we will be endlessly save it for later. That is why it is important to schedule a specific time for learning new things.
7. not prokrastiniruyte
Should not delay the work from day to day. If you have planned for a certain time, some specific task, then do not do anything else but her. No checks e-mail, tea breaks, or phone calls. All of this later, but first - do what you want, otherwise you run the risk of subsequently constantly live with the feeling that something is always undone.
8. Spend time with people, habits that you would like to develop in yourself
Studies show that we tend to adopt the habits of the people around us, so choose the right company. If you know that some of your colleagues are already studying in the habit, try to spend more time with them. This will help you to get involved and facilitate the process of forming new habits.
And, perhaps, the most important thing to know about the habits. We need to configure them in such a way as to benefit myself, improve character, to broaden horizons, to pump skills. When we do something for the good of yourself, the chances for successful formation of new habits are doubled.