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4 Smart Ways to Challenge Yourself
Ways of challenging yourself
The best ones in my view are the ones that meet 3 fundamental conditions:
- They take you out of your comfort zone without putting you in serious danger
- They provide you an intense, accelerated learning experience
- They help you develop skills and attitudes that are highly valuable to you in life.
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False Beliefs About Self-Education
Despite having easy access to information, few people take full advantage of the opportunity we have for self-directed learning.
We still believe that in order to learn something, we need to be formally educated on it, when in fact we're able to educate ourselves.
Self-Education In The 21st Century
Self-education is the core skill for the 21st century.
Our ability to respond to changes in the landscape of work and technology will be dictated by how skilled self-educators we are, how well we can take full advantage of the information available to us to grow our skillset.
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The Pace of Growth
Whether it’s emotional, philosophical, interpersonal, or professional growth, people are not growing at the same pace.
Some people move light years if you don't talk to them for a couple of months, and others have stayed more or less the same for 3, 4, 5 years or longer.
Stay Challenged
By staying challenged you do not slip into the dangerous comfort zone. You can stay challenged by:
- Doing anything that you don't know how to do.
- Doing more than you have time for.
This makes your brain cells work in creative ways for you to figure out new things and how to incorporate them into your life.
Big Goals
If your goals are mediocre and small, you will slip into distractions and routine work. It's always better to have an audacious goal.
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Travelling can help enhance your life
- Discover yourself: It leads you on to that path of self-discovery about what your strengths and weaknesses may be.
- Appreciation: you appreciate even the most seemingly inconsequential things in life, which we all take for granted.
- Opens your mind: It enables you to learn new cultures, new ways of life and new simplicities.
- Meet new people. You will learn to break down the barriers and communicate.
- Develop new skills: decision-making skills, learn to communicate better, improve your social skills and organisational skills.