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Why You're Not A Quick Learner: Unrealistic Expectations
- Whenever we want to pick up a new skill or learn a new subject, we assume that the learning process will go smoothly. But the reality is that learning is sometimes frustrating, stressful, and slow.
- When we do not meet our unrealistic expectations of how fast we should be learning, we blame ourselves. We think we are slow learners, that we don’t have any talent, or that we are not as smart.
- Our expectations about the learning process and our learning speed are, to a large extent, what makes us feel like slow learners—even if we aren’t.
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Mindset and Beliefs Have a Strong Influence on Becoming a Quick Learner
- People with a fixed mindset—the belief that we are born with attributes that cannot be changed—tend to think in terms of “you either have it or you don’t,” which in turn can create a mental block that hinders their progress.
- But people with a growth mindset
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Why You're Not A Quick Learner: Lack of Focus
Focus is key for learning. If you are not paying full attention to what you are trying to learn, it’ll make learning more difficult and slower. So, while you may believe you are a slow learner, you are most likely just a distracted learner.
Once you improve your focus, you’...
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Previous Learning Affects Learning Speed
The person who’s already a good surfer and skater has a foundation in board sports to transfer into snowboarding, which will make him learn the new skill faster.
In an oversimplified way, our mind works as a scaffold—everything we have already built serves as a base to bui...
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Setting unrealistic expectations
Expectations are our idea of how we think the world should look. This may involve how we should feel, what we should have achieved, and how other people should be treating us.
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