When I ask people what holds them back from living the life of their dreams, the number one answer they give me is money, or more specifically the lack of it in their lives. And given that on average, we spend at least a third of our time each day in an attempt to collect money, money’s place in our overall vision for our lives would seem pretty crucial.
If learning is the key to success, than accelerating your learning will accelerate your journey to personal and professional success. Here are five of my favourite “mini-tips” -fun(da)mental assumptions for making learning how to succeed fast, easy, and fun…
The word ‘savor’ comes from the Latin ‘sapere’, which means both ‘to taste” and ‘to be wise.’ As it is commonly used today, to savor something is to indulge in it – to taste it slowly and appreciate it deeply.
As described by Martin Seligman in his excellent book Authentic Happiness, there are essentially four kinds of savoring:
Reach into your purse or pocket and pull out some paper money – dollars, pounds, krona, yen, whatever you’ve got to hand…
Now try the following mini-experiment…
On September 1st, 1990, I taught my very first course to 15 people in a small classroom at the Camden College of English in Chalk Farm, London. Nearly twenty years and tens of thousands of students later, I realize that while much of what I had to say at the time was positive and useful, if I could go back and do it again today, there are only two things I would build my message around: