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No Pain, No Gain

Highlights

Bakri

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Exclusive Interview



Exclusive Interview

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The Observer

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GPA



Aspiration

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Aspiration

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International



Quickies

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Mindsets that Hold You Back from Learning Effectively

Overview

In this hyper-competitive global environment, there is no certainty. Only change is certainly there.

An honors degree can no longer secure a high paying job for life. As a result, you are constantlygoing for courses, learning new stuff and upgrading your skills.

This is a fast- paced world after all. You are faced with revolutionary changes and there‟s so much

to learn. This article will show you some of the dangerous mindsets that hold you back from

learning effectively.

I know everything

Perhaps you are successful; you have an honors

degree or even a master degree. And youassumed that you have learnt everything you

need to know. You believed that you are right

and everybody is wrong. You won‟t listen to

anyone except yourself. Eventually someone is

going to be hot on your heels and surpass you

sooner or later.

It‟s only when you fail would you start to realize

that you‟ve got to learn again.

I am not smart enough

You wanted to learn something new, but you are

worried that you are not smart enough. And you

keep putting it off.

Even before you fight a war, you have

surrendered. By thinking negatively, you have

lost half the war. Although you may have started

learning, but half way through, you feel that you

are not smart enough and give up halfway.

The truth is that to master a skill, there are many

learning curves and obstacles to break through.

Maybe you are just a few steps away from

mastering the skill. Think about it, won‟t it be a

waste to give up halfway.

I’m too old to learn

As you grow older, there is this tiny voice

in your head saying, “You are getting oldand your brain is getting „rusty‟”.

It‟s true that your brain cells are killed

over the years. But look at Albert Einstein,

scientists have proved that he had only

tapped less than 1 percent of his brain‟s

power. It‟s not an excuse to say that you

can‟t learn because you are too old.

Exercising your brain is like exercising

your muscles. When you train your muscles, it gets developed and becomes

stronger. The more you do, the more

satisfaction you‟ll get from the results.

This applies to learning too.

If you consistently train your brain to learn

new things, you will learn things much

faster.

I can learn it another day

You have already planned to read another

chapter of your book. But you decided to

put it off again. In fact, for the past week,

you have procrastinated and delayed your

lessons or classes.

After a month, you simply forget about it.

The fact is to learn effectively, you got to

be disciplined. No matter how tired youare, you have to stick with your plans and

deadlines.

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There are many people who are smarter than

me

You are in a class full of young, talented and

intelligent students. When you looked at themirror, you felt you are inferior to them.

In terms of learning abilities, these people are

more proficient and skillful than you are. You

cannot help it but thinking negatively about

yourself.

The truth is there is always somebody better

than you are. And the only way you will have

an edge is through endless and continuous

learning. It is your battle, not a battle withothers.

This is not for me

I‟m sure you have been very enthusiastic when

you first picking up something new. You may

hit dead ends occasionally but at the start, your

enthusiasm has pulled it through.

After a while, you keep going nowhere. You are

near the intermediate stage but you are

somehow stuck and you can‟t advance to the

next stage. You saw your friends improving and

you are on the plateau. All the fun, excitement

and enthusiasm die off.

Now, you are tired of learning and you want to

give up. You said to yourself, “This is not for

me”. The truth is this will be a deadly habit that

will hinder your success. Think about it, it‟s just

an excuse to escape from the fact that you are

not confident about yourself and your learning

abilities. If you give up learning because it‟s not

for you, then you will never master anything.

Not focused

Some people have the tendency of learning

many things at the same time. If you find

yourself distracted, maybe it‟s time to focus.

Imagine you are multi tasking, doing many

different things at one go - talking on the

phone, watching television, doing your work

on the laptop. Would you able to do it well?

I doubt so. My advice to you.. Stay focused.

From the desk of:-

Mohamad Farizal Mohamad Shawal

Counseling Unit

Student Support Services Department

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

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Counseling Unit

Quote

Failure is simply the opportunity to

begin again, this time more intelligently .

~Henry Ford~



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