“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest” ~ Ben Franklin
Data, information, knowledge, understanding, learning and wisdom are all the way of life and we humans are moving forward with each of them towards the other or the next block.
In today’s world; we are completely aware of how much knowledge is important. Nowadays a lot of information is at our fingertips, information of any part of the world can be known from any other part of the world. We are filled and surrounded by information but gaining knowledge is a process of filtering, learning and understanding the information and wisdom is to implement that knowledge in life.
As human life is filled with information it has also become faster; from instant noodles to quick delivery, the motion of life has increased its speed. So how can the process of gaining knowledge be at the same speed? We also want to understand and to learn things quickly because there is a lot to know, a lot to learn and a lot to understand and we want to do it all but the best way is to do one thing at a time.
I am going to tell you how we can really learn anything faster. It can be Anything , a musical instrument, a sport, a programming language, painting, pottery, poetry writing, anything in this world ; is it really possible ? and the answer is yes. In Fact the answer lies in the word FAST . If you want to learn anything fast, just remember the word fast and apply it in the process of learning.
Now what do I mean by fast; let me just give you a full form of the word fast. The alphabet ‘F’ in fast stands for firstly focus — obviously if you want to learn something you have to be focused, dedicated and determined in the process of learning. You have to keep yourself motivated about it. The second meaning of f is forget what you know earlier. Sometimes our past and incomplete knowledge becomes a stumbling block in the way of learning things. we ignore stuff in the shadow of overconfidence. so start new and learn as if you are learning for the first time; have an attitude of a fresher who is Keen to know the things better.
The second alphabet of the word fast is ‘A‘ which means be attentive and alert ; while learning don’t just be passive learners, in fact be the active learners. while learning keep taking notes so that you may not lose your attention because when you are attentive you can pick up every minute detail of the concept that you are learning and you will learn things better.
Next alphabet is ‘S’ which means know what is your state or what is your status while learning anything, what is the purpose? why you are learning ? what you want to achieve by learning this ? are some of the questions you need to ask yourself to know your status and this question answer session is not going to be a one time process ; you have to keep on asking this question during the whole process of learning to know whether you are on the right track or not.whether you are moving forward in the journey or not.
The last alphabet and the most important one is ‘T’ which I myself can testify about that it really works. Here ‘T’ means to learn as if you are going to teach it to someone because when you learn with the motive to teach you pay more focus, you pay more attention because for teaching you need to have 150% of knowledge when you want to to deliver 100% of it. A teacher always needs to have more water than the student is going to pour out.
So ; this is the way you learn fast by focusing, forgetting, by being attentive, by knowing your status and by the motive of teaching. Now you try to apply this formula next time you start learning something new. I wish you all the very best in the journey of learning and teaching of true knowledge which is ultimately leading us all towards true wisdom.
Techie SPecial 