They can be broken into sections, Aspiration, Self-Awareness, Curiosity, and Vulnerability.

Aspiration

For most people, they either aspire to be better, or they don’t. Some are quite happy to carry on without moving forward. But through faster learning, it is possible to raise a person’s aspiration level.

Instead of being resistant to change, you start to get excited about it and look forward to new challenges.

It is too easy to get stuck in a rut, not wanting anything to change because it’s challenging to learn new things and will take ages.

However, learning faster enables you to pick up new skills quickly, so instead of focusing on the negatives, which slows or stops aspiration, you can move forward positively.

By focusing on the positive such as what is going to be the gain by learning the new knowledge or skill, the future can look much brighter, and the rewards will be higher. The ability to look forward positively through learning motivates us to keep learning and to take on new challenges.

Self-Awareness

Many people in the position of leader know about self-awareness and the role it plays. They have a good understanding that feedback is necessary to see how others perceive them. But, with learning, we are often too insecure, lacking confidence, thinking about what we can’t

do, or what we don’t know. This produces a state of self-deception and prevents the urge to learn more and go forward.

Those who have an excellent reliable sense of their self-awareness understand that it all has to start in their mind. Once they accept that their opinion or perspective can have flaws or bias, they are more willing to hear what others have to say. Instead of responding to criticism in a defensive manner, they can think more clearly, reflect on their thoughts, and seek answers to the problem.

Curiosity

From early childhood, humans have a great sense of curiosity, always asking questions about anything and everything because when we are young, we are continuously learning. But, once we reach adulthood, this curiosity can slow down or come to a complete stop for some.

Faster learning encourages you to take what may not be very interesting or exciting and ask questions about the topic. All they have to do is find one exciting thing, and that curiosity will lead to more reading and learning. Those who can learn faster develop a more significant curiosity about the world around them.

Vulnerability

It is an unfortunate and common habit to develop hesitancy or fear to learn something once we have become good at something else. We don’t want to go back to that point where we aren’t as good at the new thing, and that can bring up feelings of inadequacy, dumbness, slowness, and awkwardness.

Some things can take a very long time to learn, and nobody wants to be in that position for an extended time. But by allowing ourselves to accept that we can be vulnerable enough to go back to the beginning, it is a great advantage. With faster learning and the use of that vulnerability at the start, we can dramatically shorten the length of time needed to learn the new skill or knowledge. In this rapidly changing society, being able to learn quickly is crucial.

Other Benefits of Learning Faster

Quicker to finish assignments.

Gaining more knowledge.

Ability to study multiple topics quickly.

Finish work tasks more efficiently and with confidence.

Employers like the staff that can pick things up quickly.

Complete academic qualifications much faster.

Gain better awareness of the world around you.

Improved decision making abilities.

Less stress.

More time to do other things.

Increase sociability - able to converse about a broader range of topics.

Tips

There are several tips and exercises to help you learn faster, and in this chapter, we’ll take a look at those tips that work.

Write Notes

In these modern times, many people rely on a laptop to take notes

during an educational lecture or a work conference. You may be surprised to learn that studies have shown that those who use a computer to type up their notes have a lower level of information retention. But, those who use a simple pen and paper method for taking notes learn a lot more.

It may seem much slower handwriting your notes rather than typing them. Still, the physical act of writing information increases your comprehension and enables the information to be retained much longer. When it comes to business meetings or school tests, this ability to recall a more considerable amount of data can be critical for ensuring you pass the test or gain a promotion at work.

Take Great Notes

While taking notes by hand is an effective way of increasing your learning, they do need to be good notes. Many people write anything and everything when taking notes, but it is more efficient to take accurate notes that will help you grasp a more robust understanding of the topic you are trying to learn about. There are a variety of methods for taking great notes, and some simple tips are as follows: Listen carefully to what is being said.

Write the notes down in your words, not exactly as you hear them.

Leave lines and spaces in between the main ideas so information can be added to it later.

Create a system of symbols and abbreviations, so you don’t have to write every word out in full.

Don’t write in sentences; write in phrases.

Ignore information that is trivial or irrelevant.

Distributing Multiple Study Sessions

Instead of trying to learn everything in one session, it is a better practice to divide the topic into multiple sessions spread out over a while. Each study session should be short and spaced out so that learning is more meaningful instead of the old habit of cramming.

Firstly take notes during a discussion on the topic. Review your clipboard afterward to make any changes or add any additional information.

By doing this one or two times after each period of study or class, the sessions will be easily spread out, beginning with one per day. The sessions will eventually be spread out to three times per week. It is easier and more effective to do short or smaller study sessions as it helps to keep you motivated towards learning.

Sleep and Study

Too many times, we leave something to the last minute, including a big presentation or project, and we end up trying to cram everything in late at night just to get finished. We tell ourselves that it doesn’t matter if we’re tired tomorrow, so long as the work is completed. But, this is the least efficient way for information to be processed by the brain.

There is definitely an essential link between learning and sleeping.

Sleeping helps the cerebrum store information and enables it to be recalled later. If you go into a deep sleep, called the non-rapid-eye-movement phase, within twelve hours of learning something, the memories can be strengthened. Also, it helps that when you are well-