The Art of Learning Archive
Expand The Skill, Then Contract It
When I am learning something new, I am relentless. More than relentless, I am ruthless. I like to practice it for hours a day, obsessively, until I get it. A truth that I have found through my varied approaches to […]
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The Practice of Doing
The Practice of Doing is a fundamental emphasis on doing — not on planning, thinking about doing, practicing, or learning, but actually doing. Getting things done. Building. Creating. Finishing a project. For so many years I was focused on practicing, […]
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The more difficult the task, the greater the investment
The more difficult the task, the greater the investment required. One of the things that people don’t often seem to tell you, is that the greater the dream, the greater the sacrifice. For me personally, I was so infatuated by […]
Continue ReadingThe Relentless Push Forwards of the Learning Process
The Learning Process is defined by a Relentless Push Forwards. A constant, almost masochistic, search for skills beyond our ability, knowledge beyond our comprehension that unveils itself in experience as a steady state of discomfort, uncertainty, confusion, and failure that […]
Continue ReadingThe Art of Learning
The Art of Learning is — if it can be summed up in a single statement, I would say that the best definition is — our ability to deal with the chaos, uncertainty, confusion, and sheer adversity inherent in the […]
Continue ReadingTypes of Language Learning — Passive and Active
The way I see it, there are three Types of Language Learning: Types of Language Study I believe that there are Three Types of Language Study — Passive Language Study, Active Language Learning, and Hybrid Language Learning — because this […]
Continue ReadingAn Effective Language Learning Process
An Effective Language Learning Process means learning languages better. Less wasted motion, and less wasted time, which means that I can learn languages faster, reaching higher levels in less time. Over years working with languages, I tried a number of […]
Continue ReadingWhat Does It Mean To Learn A Language?
What does it mean to learn a language? This is a question that I have asked myself often over the last decade that I have been learning new languages. In practice, to me this question relates to a number of […]
Continue ReadingThe Pillars of the Learning Process
The Pillars of the Learning Process are the fundamental elements of the learning process in practice. Essentially, how learning takes place — and more specifically, how progress and development is attained — across any discipline. Contents Learning–Practice–Doing Learning — In […]
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Taking The Path of Least Resistance
Taking the Path of Least Resistance is the art of finding in each moment what interests us the most, what we are most inclined to do. This practice takes place within our arts, training and the work we do each […]
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