Do you consider yourself an expert in your field? If so, you’re not an expert! I’m sorry to say. 🙂 Real experts don’t call themselves experts. Why? Because they still have a lot of things to learn. “The greatest experts in the world think they’re still stoopid, ” says The Trizle Team. In this blog post, link below, they explain this in plain and simple way. Expertise takes decades. Expertise takes improving your expertise, daily. Expertise takes self-guidence. Do you still consider yourself an expert? 🙂 “Be. Sexy. Learn. Forever.” ReferenceHow to Be An Expert, The Trizle blog
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Here’s a number of techniques that will help you to learn faster, study better, and begin absorbing information like a sponge. I think this is an excellent set of tips on how you can continuously keep learning. Be a lifelong learner! 🙂 Here’s a seven step formula. 1. Teach Someone Else.If there’s something you want to learn, try teaching it to someone else. 2. Write an Article.By writing about it you will soon begin connecting new ideas with things you already know, creating an interlinking web of knowledge. 3. Start a Blog. 4. Treat Your Body Well.When you’re trying to…
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In an ideal environment, you have people that you admire and can learn from. They mentor you. If you have that environment, consider yourself lucky and take advantage of it. It’s one of the best ways to keep learning! If you don’t have that luxury, and you think people around you are mediocre or just bad, you can learn and keep learning from them as well! How? By observing them and learning what not to do! This was mentioned in How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci book. The author says that he learned the most from bad teachers. He…
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I read a lot. I love to read. Every chance I get, I try to read. I acquire a lot of knowledge through reading. It’s more a habit now than a hobby. I would probably not be able to live without it. 🙂 So why not learn how to speed-read? I am still a skeptical about speed reading. But lately, I think it might work. I read this article, Speed-Reading Techniques, some time ago. Basically, the guy convinced me that speed reading might actually work. For everyone. I’m not sure if it works for all material types, but it works…
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If you are determined to succeed, Glen Hopkins, the author of the book Lucrative List Building has some really good advice. Apply and Test What You Learn One of the two most important characteristics that successful people share is their constant strive to improve themselves through ongoing education. Successful people are not content to simply learn. What separates them from unsuccessful people is their ability to apply and test what they learn. You see, knowledge is absolutely useless unless you use it. Does it do you any good if it’s just taking up space in your head? NO! In order…
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In America, everyone is pressed for time. We don’t have time to do anything. But did you know that you have over 225 (or more) hours per year to use? It’s a simple rough calculation: 1/2 hrs * 2 (daily) * 5 (week) * 45 (roughly, yearly) = 225 hours. If you are a typical worker, that is the amount of time you waste commuting to work. This figure could be a lot higher or a little lower, of course. That’s a lot of hours! What do you do with these hours? Did you know that you could put those…
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What does abortion have to do with crime? If you’ve read Freakonomics, which I’m currently enjoying listening to, you would know. It’s fascinating to hear. And you would not think it is true. But it is, and the authors have reasonable evidence to support it. Okay already, what is it? Abortion reduces crime. In a big way, actually. What? You might be wondering. Actually, it does. Why? Because woman that usually have an abortion decide that they cannot raise the child, or are in a difficult situation (on drugs, etc). A lot of those times, if it weren’t for abortion,…
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I love my 40+ minutes commute. Why? Because I am able to listen to great audio books. Mostly for free! That’s just great. Mostly free, how? Check out your local library. If they don’t have downloadable books, then I’m sure you can rent books on tape or CD. As I wrote before, Free Audio Books for Northern NJ Residents, in Bergen County, NJ, I can go to NetLibrary and pick from over 1000 audio books. Then there is LearnOutLoud.com, which has a lot of books for free (sign up for their newsletter to get updates on new titles). You can…
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I used to be a subscriber of Time for several years. No more. I have discovered something vastly better. The Economist has become my favorite weekly magazine. It has excellent writing. It has short stories that are very interesting to read. It has articles on every continent in the world, with extra sections for US and United Kindgdom. It has technology news. It has business news. It has book reviews. It has everything that you need to stay well informed. I don’t know of any other news magazine that is as good as The Economist. It is truly a gem.…
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Alexander Hamilton was a brilliant man. He was one of the most influential people in the American revolution. He did such a good service to America. He helped America a lot. And he was just a boy when he came to America, by himself, from the Caribbeans. He was a great writer as well. His writings had great influence. He was writing to newspapers to promote independence. Later he promoted the constitution. I heard about these stories in Hamilton’s autobiography, which I’m now vastly enjoying. It’s a fascinating audiobook. I love it. But because I heard about his writings, I…