“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso The Not So Model Student Jack is a model student. He attends all his classes and takes notes in them. He reads all the textbook chapters he’s assigned and highlights the key passages. But when…
“Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re probably right.” – Henry Ford What is it you’ve always struggled to learn? Whether it’s an apparent incompetence with languages, ineptitude with numbers or inability to recall the details of an insightful book, we’ve all experienced frustrations with learning. If only more people knew that the…
Recently, psychologists have conducted a study in which they watched small children playing with jigsaws. The findings show us something really interesting: by the age of 4, a large proportion of little kids would rather do a jigsaw they’ve done before – and be able to do it successfully – than try a jigsaw they…
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein You’re doing it wrong For most of my life, I’ve been learning the wrong way and the chances are you have too. For me, studying at school and university mostly involved long periods of time reading textbooks, highlighting…
