I really am just waiting for my lessons to start…. haha….

I met a friend recently who told me that life wasn’t fair. He said that if you were born to rich parents, then you most probably wouldn’t have to worry too much about life. And if you were born into a slightly less wealthy family, well then, just your luck!

Doesn’t that sound all too familiar? As humans, when things fail and don’t go our way, what happens? Chances are, we’d turn around and start blaming everyone else! We might blame people for their lack of understanding, despise them for their lack of eyesight (when they do not hire us perhaps?), or even turn to God and cry foul!

But think about this before you carry on. What difference will blaming others make? Will your pointing of fingers cause others to change? More importantly, will blaming others result in them changing to suit us? I think you will find that that is hardly the case! So, the ever important rule I live my life by is this.

‘If I want things to change, then I must be the first to change!’

That way, we become proactive people. Only when you start to believing in this principle will you find that you’re taking control over your life. Only when you start changing will you start creating you own destiny.

Don’t always expect others to change for you. Ask yourself the same question, ‘would you change for others?’

“It’s important that you are constantly learning and developing your capabilities in learning. The faster you learn, the further ahead you will be. Digesting information will be simple for you. Here are some of the things you will need to look into:

Command of language.
With a good command of the language, you should be better able to learn. Most people are hindered by poor vocabulary or understanding of the English language. Learn to develop this further.

Speed of reading.
If you are speed reading, you should learn how to read not just pages or lines at a time, but books at a time. To do this, you need to understand how to eliminate bad reading habits and increase reading comprehension. You can learn a bit more at www.stuarttan.com/audio/rapid-learning.mp3.

Problem-solving.
This is a crucial skill because when you learn, you are often also seeking solutions for problems. By understanding the structure of problem solving, you will become a far better innovator and help to add value to the people around you.

Speaking.
Speaking and teaching people really is about integrating your skills. As a good learner, you should be able to teach others in order to get yourself going and getting them to understand how to learn or master something. This is a great way of exemplifying “See and you know. Hear and you understand. Teach, and you remember.” Or something like that. That’s it! Start developing these skills and building your abilities so that the next time a book dropped on your lap, it would be devoured in an instant…”

Got this from Stuart Tan’s blog.

I think that you will find it to be a really great article to help you in your quest for learning and for reading! I wanted to write a similar article but I guess he already beat me to it! Three cheers Stuart!

Do listen to his audio clip as he offers real advice on what to do and what not to do!

Ha. I’m supposed to be studying but here I am blogging.

Haven/t penned my thoughts in awhlie and suddenly it feels as if the dam has broken free and I’m just shooting my mouth off!! Haha!!

Here’s a couple of interesting sites to check out courtesy of youtube!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IDp76kjPw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-AXYa2Sj0I&search=mario

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fYwiXZeFU&search=mario

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_DAPhOy2Fk&search=alter%20bridge

Hope you’ll love and enjoy it as much as I did!!