Steps to becoming a passionate lifelong learner
Tonight, we have a featured post by LifeHackLuis. LifeHackLuis’s focus is to help you hack life to make a better you. These seemingly small changes eventually make big improvements to our lives. “From maximizing material efficiency to personal achievement, LifeHackLuis has you covered.”
This post is about becoming a lifelong learner, an important part of the #StayWoke movement. Here’s a link to the original post and his other hacks. Catch LifeHackLuis’s other tips by following the link as well.
Link: http://lifehackluis.com/post/88590146103/steps-to-becoming-a-passionate-lifelong-learner
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This summer, I was hired as a Business Development Representative at NetCom Learning. This company is positioned as a “leading learning company” specializing in computer training and IT certification. While NetCom Learning deals specifically with technology, the company’s core value, lifelong learning, is universally applicable. You should never stop learning. Every day is an opportunity to grow.
Before my first day, I was given a lot of training materials to learn more about the company’s philosophy and operations. Included in my new employee package was a book written by CEO Russell Sarder titled Learning: Steps to Becoming a Passionate Lifelong Learner. I curiously perused the book and found a gold mine.
Russell presents a simple eight step process to becoming a passionate lifelong learner. He supports each step’s importance with quotes from illustrious people. These quotes are accompanied by biographies, giving the reader deeper contextual insight. The eight steps to become a passionate lifelong learner are:
STEP 1: Learning Value - Appreciate the value of attaining continuous knowledge.
STEP 2: Learning Commitment - Embrace being a committed lifelong learner.
STEP 3: Learning Attitude - Develop the right attitude towards continuous learning.
STEP 4: Learning Plan - Develop an effective learning plan to excel in your field.
STEP 5: Learning Method - Become an effective learner by combining a variety of learning methods.
STEP 6: Reading - Read an hour each day and grow wealthy.
STEP 7: Library - Build your own library.
STEP 8: Learning Application - Apply what you have learned.
These incredibly simple steps are easy to grasp and easy to apply. My favorites are steps 6 and 7. While I often found reading for school to be boring, now that I am out of college, I have more time to read books that I truly enjoy. Beyond reading, I can now build a library of those books to share with others.
You can grab a copy of Russell’s book on Amazon, available in print and for your Kindle reader. To conclude this post, I will leave you with one of the very first quotes featured in Russell’s book:
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Gandhi
