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Developing a Passion for Continuous Learning

by JoJo
August 16, 2012

Imagine this scenario.  You are in an interview.  The interviewer asks you the following question: “Can you tell me about a book you have read in the past year that has influenced you?”  How would you answer this question?  For many college students, there would be a long period of silence.

No matter your major or career choice, there is much to learn on your own.  Learning in this case can come from books, seminars/ workshops, websites, processional journals, and from your experience and from that of others.

It’s hard to develop a passion for continuous learning.  Here’s an approach you can use:

  1. Approach the continuous learning process as something you need to develop for yourself.  In effect, you need to learn how to learn on your own

■      How can you motivate yourself to learn on your own?

■      How do you learn best (e.g. time of day, material covered at one time)?

■      How do you reinforce what you learn (e.g. self-practice, teach someone else)

  1. Try out the self-learning on something finite.  You might try to teach yourself somethingthat is fairly quick to learn that has immediate application.  Some examples of this include a dish you want to learn how to cook, a computer application, a video game, a new sport.
  2. Set up a routine for self-learning.  This would involve preparing a specific learning goal, setting a time schedule for achieving your goal, and developing smaller learning tasks that can be accomplished each week.
  3. Develop a plan for using the material you learned.  There are a couple of ways to do this:

■      Teaching someone else

■      Using the content in some practical application

  1. Move to the next self-learning activity – One of the keys to self-learning is the continual pursuit of new knowledge.  Each time you fulfill a learning goal, achieving the next one becomes easier.

Once you have fulfilled three self-learning objectives, a passion for self-learning sets in.  Self-learning will become a part of who you are.  Without this passion, you will find yourself bored and stagnant in your career..

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  • My biggest problem before this semester is class attendance.  I have developed a reward system for myself to motivate me to go to class.  Each week that I go to every class, on that Friday, I go to the vintage video gram store and buy a game.  I really do enjoy collecting old video games so I have a strong motivation to attend class each day.  I have also improved on getting my homework finished earlier than the day before it is due.  I try very hard to get the homework that is assigned to me finished on the day it is assigned.  I use all of my time between classes to work on homework and study for tests now.  I still have a couple different things that I am working on still.  Note taking being one.  Whenever I am in class, I tend to listen to the teachers lecture more than taking on it because I am afraid of missing something important.  I have begun to record each lecture now and try to go back and make notes.  I also have problems studying at home because of television and games.  This is going away slowly though because I have developed some self-discipline..

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