Effective studying and learning depends on three main factors. You need the right mental attitude. You need to be properly organized and you need the ability to motivate yourself
You can't study and learn well of your mind is half asleep. You require an alert mental condition with eagerness to absorb new facts. Once you are aware of these tact's you can turn them to your advantage.
In friendly discussions with others, try to take an opposing point of view for the sake of argument and for the development of your knowledge and mental ability.
Occasionally change your own opinion. Joining a debating society can be useful, because you will be forced at times to argue in favor of views quite different from those you actually hold. This is an exercise that can be most beneficial in stretching your mind, making it more alert.
Keep your mind alive by never ceasing to study something new is to be learned in many situations. If you are on the took out for improvement.
- Regularly plunge deeply into the topics that interest you.
- Never be contented with superficial knowledge.
Recognize that something further always remain to be discovered. Constant quest for deeper knowledge is the hell mark of the alert mind. Use opportunities to explain to others new facts you have learned.
The attempt to explain matters in your own words strengthens what you have learned. You have to be alert to search for words and phrases. You need to tell someone else what you have learnt. You can achieve this skill by writing down from memory a summery of what you have learned.
Next to an alert mind, you need enough preparation. Good preparation will help your memory.
The method of teaching others or writing down what you have learned is an excellent memory trainer and should be used regularly. In addition, make use of the association of ideas in various ways.
As you study, keep your mind alert. Relate everything you learn to something you already know. Knowledge which exists in your mind in isolation is hard to retain. Once you have a frame-work of knowledge into which new facts can be introduced you can memorize easily.
More useful and practical is just to keep on acquired new facts. An important part of the proper preparation of study is to develop good reading habits and to take notes sensibly. While regarding, make careful use of a pencil by marking key passages.
Usually it is a mistake to make lengthy notes. The longer they are, the less valuable they will be as quick reminders when you come to look at them. Brief notes, giving the principal ideas are what are most needed.
More difficult is the tacking of enough notes at a lecture. You can not write down, what has been said and at the same time give proper attention to what the lecture is saying.
The best method is to note only the occasional phases or few surnames, place names, dates or other hard facts. Immediately after the lecture is over, write a summary of it from memory. This method serves three ends. It forces you to listen attentively, to sort out the essential points for your summary. It provides you with a better picture of the lecture as a whole than lengthy notes taken while listening.
Belive that you can success in your studies. Never think about the possibility of failure. Your subconscious mind will prepare you for whatever you are genuinely interested in keep. Keep talking and thinking success and the way open out as you progress in your studies.
Mastery of successful study lies in concentration on day's programme of work. Doing today's work. Doing today's work perfectly is the best possible preparation.
"You can not change the past, but you can ruin a perfectly good present by worrying about the further "
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