3 Principles For Better Learning

Have you ever wanted to learn faster? Some people seem to be able to learn at light speed, while others struggle to make progress in their personal development. The speed at which you learn new information and implement it can greatly affect your ability to live the life of your dreams. That's why in this video, we're going to cover three principles to help you take your learning and your progress to the next level. See you back in a second.

One of the most important things that we should learn in school but don't is the importance of how we learn. Unfortunately, traditional school was typically taught in a single cookie cutter kind of way. Although we all learn in different ways, there are actually three main different ways in which we all learn, which we'll get to later in this video. But it does mean that 2/3 of us are likely taught in ways that made it difficult for us to learn. This could be why there seems to be a well, a whole lot more C students than A students. If you want to make sure you're learning what you need to know in the most efficient way possible, you can actually follow these three principles and avoid years of frustration and wasted time. And finally, learn in the methodology that helps you win. Principle 1 Focus because everyone has their own unique situation, different people will need to focus on different areas of life that are causing them the most problems. For example, if one person has plenty of money but their marriage is falling apart, they probably need to focus on improving their relationships and most likely their overall mental and emotional health. On the opposite end of the spectrum, someone with a great marriage but has a lot of financial trouble will likely need to focus heavily on personal development and mastering their overall finances and putting principles to work for them that makes their money work for them. When you try to improve every single area of your life at the same time, it will be extremely difficult to gain any traction because your perspectives are kind of going in different directions. That's why it's important to look at how you're doing each of the eight major areas of life, so you can decide to focus on one or two areas at a time. You really shouldn't focus on any more than that. By choosing to focus, you'll make progress much faster and overwhelm yourself with much less frustration. For sure, we call these areas the eight Pillars of life. For a deeper dive on the eight pillars of life, I invite you to click on the link in the description of this video. But here they offer, for example, 1. Your financial pillar, which is your finances and financial life. 2. Your physical health physical pillar, your body. 3. Your emotional health, which is we refer to as the emotional pillar. Your spiritual health. Right, your spiritual pillar. The way in which you have resilience and faith in the world. Next up, your relationships. How you actually engage with others around you, either at home, love or workplace. Next up, your career. Your professional pillar. What do you personally pursue as an occupation then? Personal growth. How are you actively making that impact? Trying to grow yourself to become the best version of yourself. And finally, your life impact. We call this the contribution pillar. How are you going to leave a mark on this world that outlives you? To get a good idea of what area of life you should focus on, first rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 in each of them. With 10 meaning that you're absolutely amazing in that area and 1 meaning that it's a complete wreck. Then look at your results and decide what you see. Which areas have the lowest score. This is an indicator that you should focus on that area first. Why? Because it should be a priority. Now direct all your focus to learning how to improve and that specific area before you step towards the other ones. To take this just one step further, once you've identified the area of life that you want to focus on, you should also focus on learning and implementing one thing at a time in each of those areas, step by step by step. If you're focusing on your finance, you don't try to master your finances overnight. You try to put the principles and the activities in place to win. Instead, consider doing some research on how to make a good budget and implement that. Then move on to the next thing and then the next thing. On the other hand, if you're focused on improving your relationships, maybe start with studying communication styles or a book on love and relationships just to get the techniques down that you can put into practice right today. If you implement focus into your learning routine, you'll find that you make a whole lot more progress much, much faster. Alright. Principle 2 Know your learning modality. I know that's a crazy word, but here's what it means. It means that you actually have a learning style. The truth is, we all learn best in one of three main ways. These three ways of learning are commonly known as learning modalities. A modality is nothing more than a particular way in which something exists or is experienced. It is a learning style. And how you learn is the best way for you to to move forward with the education you're getting. Some people learn best by using their eyes, AKA visual learner, others learn by using their ears, auditory learner and others Learn by doing or using their hands to do things. That's what they call a kinesthetic learner. Knowing which modality works best for you will give you the insight into the type of learning you will need to pursue to get the most benefit. It can also help you uncover your hidden gifts, if you will. For example, if you're a painter or carpenter or some other kind of craftsman, you'll likely learn best by putting your hands on something to figure it out. That's what they referred to earlier as the kinesthetic learner. On the other hand, if you learn best by watching others do something or being taught something through either, like a seminar, a video, a graphic, then you're likely what we refer to as the visual learner. Remember, eyes, ears, hands. And finally, if you prefer to listen to audiobooks, podcasts and more, you may be more of an auditory learner. Some examples of these are people who can't sight read music, but can pick up any instrument like Connor, and play like their heart depends on it. All of these have a primary and secondary learning style, with the third actually hindering your overall progress. So it's important to figure out what your top two are. And here's why it's important. In order to get the most progress in your life, you'll need to learn in the modality that makes the easiest for you to learn. Why? Because it makes it easier for you to learn. If you're someone who struggles to pay attention to an audiobook, but you learn quickly and easily by putting your hands on things, then you'd want to look for tools, resources and activities to learn what you need to know and the way you learn it best. And of course, as we discussed in principle one, it's also important that you focus on only one specific thing at a time and not split your focus. Alright, Principle number three, Know your learning methodology. I know that might sound confusing similar to modality, but this is slightly different. While learning modalities have to do with the best way of processing new information, learning methodologies have more to do with who or what you're learning it from. When trying to figure out how best you learn, there are four different learning methodologies that you need to consider. The first is self learning, where you simply use the modality mentioned earlier to learn what you need to know to make progress all on your own. You are your own study buddy here, if you will. In other words, you'd like working alone. The second is a coached learning style where you learn best by learning on your own, but with a routine of guidance and occasional check ins with a coach or teacher. In other words, the do you like having someone check your work and help ensure that there are limited mistakes and blind spots? The third methodology is the Tutor learning style where you need a little bit more of one on one education with someone present at all times to help you grasp the completeness of the concept and watch over you as you make your measured actions. And the final methodology, if you will, is the apprentice learner or the apprentice style of learning where you learn better by working with a master in a given field, watching their every move and decision while being allowed to physically take the same steps that the master does with immediate correction from the master for every mark that's missed. Even now you may have one that you kind of gravitate towards naturally. That's why when I built the Transform youm Framework, I intentionally set it up to work with any student, any modality, and with every methodology. The greatest mistake our schools and colleges make is trying to force fit every single person into a very rigid and very specific path. It simply doesn't work as well. This is what holds so many people back in their lives. Follow these principles and you'll learn faster than you ever had before and finally start winning and winning big. Over the next eight weeks, I'm going to give you seven principles to live by for each one of the Pillars of Life. And if you live by these principles consistently, no matter where you are in your life today, you'll be able to level up in a big way. So make sure you don't miss any of those. And if you got value from this video, hit the like button and subscribe if you haven't already. It really helps us out and helps us get the word out. All right, see you soon. Take care.

Bye. Hey, it's Connor with the Journey Principles. If you enjoyed that lesson on improving your learning ability, you should also check out our whiteboard lesson we did earlier this week on the Mentorship Matrix. If you've ever wanted to learn how to get a mentor, that's a must watch. Also, we've put together an Entire Life Mastery 101 playlist here on YouTube, so feel free to check that out as well.