10 Ways to Be a Better Learner

10 Ways to Be a Better Learner: No. 10 – Embrace Responsibility

September 21, 2011

This is the final installment in my 10 Ways to Be a Better Learner series (click the link to access the previous nine). It has taken me a while to post these, partly owing to other obligations, but perhaps even more because I have tried to be very deliberate in thinking through them. Deciding on [...]

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10 Ways to Be a Better Leaner: No. 9 – Mind Your Body

September 14, 2011

There is ample evidence that how we treat our bodies can have a significant impact on how well our minds function. If you want to learn better, it makes sense to support this goal with a good diet, adequate sleep, and plenty of exercise. Here are a few notes that just barely scratch the surface [...]

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10 Ways to be a Better Learner: No. 8 – Use Technology Better

August 29, 2011

These days it is easy to get overwhelmed by the wide range of lifelong learning options that technology has made possible. But given that people obviously were able to learn long before the days of Google, TED Talks, and Twitter, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on how technology enhances our natural learning capabilities [...]

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10 Ways to Be a Better Learner: No. 7 – Be Accountable

August 3, 2011

I’m rounding third and heading for home with the “Be a Better Learner” series. This installment aligns well with my previous posts on setting goals and deliberate practice: both of those learning habits call for accountability. Too often we set out to learn something, but don’t really hold ourselves to it. Here are three straightforward [...]

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10 Ways to Be a Better Learner: No. 6 – Practice, Deliberately

July 20, 2011

I’ll make this addition to the my “Better Learner” list a short one because I have already written about deliberate practice here before in “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? 8 Keys to Deliberate Practice.” That has actually proven to be one of the more popular post on Mission to Learn, and has even [...]

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