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When we only learn something once, we don’t really learn it ( or we don't learn well enough for it to change us much).
It may inspire momentarily, but then becomes quickly overrun by the decades of habits and conditioning that preceded it.
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When it comes to teaching important ideas, religion makes extremely effective use of repetition.
If an idea is important, they teach it again and again. If it’s important, it warrants learning repeatedly. Our secular education systems have consistently failed at this.
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Bringing a truth to mind repeatedly gives it an enduring existence in your head, by reaching you in every mood and every context, both at times when you’re enthusiastic about it, and when you’re tired of hearing it.
Gaps are being filled in. Different details strike you as important.
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Goals should inspire you to stretch yourself. If you hit all of your goals every time, they might not be ambitious enough.
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