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6. Invite some play into your learning.

6. Invite some play into your learning.

When you study you’re serious, but when you learn you’re sincere, not serious, you invite some play into the process. Most people take learning so seriously they forget that it's supposed to be fun. 

Ask a simple question to yourself

"How can I make it more fun?"

Like if you are trying to memorize something then try making a song out of it.

If you're trying to memorize English vocabulary then using mnemonics is great way to make it fun.

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3. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

3. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

Everyone feels resistance in the beginning. Everyone goes through this, so don’t worry, you’re doing great. always be compassionate towards yourself.

Don't be like "You're so stupid, you can't do anything."

Instead, Affirm yourself ...

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5. Use visuals like YouTube videos and tutorials to learn

5. Use visuals like YouTube videos and tutorials to learn

Understand that our brains are more visually inclined. We never forget pictures but what we do forget is text.

So watching videos online and learning from the experts might make it feel less difficult.

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How to trick your brain into doing hard things?

How to trick your brain into doing hard things?

Here are 7 simple things you can do to overcome the resistance you feel when you try to learn something hard:

  1. Divide your task into ridiculously small-sized pieces
  2. In the beginning, Allocate only 10 to 15 minutes
  3. Don’t be too hard on yourself
  4. Be consistent

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1. Divide your task into ridiculously small-sized pieces so that your brain doesn’t find it hard.

1. Divide your task into ridiculously small-sized pieces so that your brain doesn’t find it hard.

Say you’re trying to learn a new programming language then just write one program each day in the beginning.

Say you’re trying to improve your English Grammar then try learning only four grammar rules every day.

Say you're trying to learn a massive software then try learning only four...

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2. In the beginning, Allocate only 10 to 15 minutes.

2. In the beginning, Allocate only 10 to 15 minutes.

Most people try to learn everything on their first day and when they don’t get it, they doubt their intelligence. The reality is brain needs time to process things so intensity won’t get you much farther in life.

Just focus for only 10 to 15 minutes on the task for the first few days and gr...

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4. Be consistent

4. Be consistent

Don’t skip any day, make sure you show up consistently. You can make your brain learn anything, It doesn’t matter how hard it is if you do it every day.

Consistency is one of the biggest discipline there is.

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7. Acknowledge Your Brain is lying to you

7. Acknowledge Your Brain is lying to you

Acknowledge that your brain exaggerates a lot of the time but when you start you realise it was not as hard as you were making it in your head. If we would listen to our brain all the time we would be paralysed with fear. 

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A Romanticist who is trying to understand this world by reading books. You can also follow me on YouTube, I post there quite often.

Lately, I have been trying to learn some hard things and they were exhausting me a little so I thought why not share some of the tips that worked for me, maybe someone else is trying to do the same.

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  • Twist a “light topic” with a serious tone: use what you already know to ask more personal questions or go deeper into topics.
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Not making lists

Not making lists

If you put something off and then forget to write down that you need to do it later, it’s possible that you could entirely forget about the first task.

If you’re a forgetful person, make a to-do list with all your tasks on it, and only cross them off when they’re 100% completed.

6. Focus on things that are in your control

Do we have a problem? What’s the solution? 

If we don’t have a solution and we cannot change things, then we don’t have a problem. It’s just the status quo and we’ll learn to live with it. 

Stressing out won’t make things better – it will just make you feel miserable and you’re no...

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