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How to Learn New Things: Easily, Quickly

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How to LearnNew Things:

Easily,Quickly.

By

Tapan Sarkar


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Introduction

In this book I will show you top 48 ways, using

which you can increase your ability to learn newthings easily and quickly. The increment will be truly

awesome.

Here I will discuss what I have learned in my course

of being a student. And I still have to learn new

things everyday as an IT professional.

In our life everyday we need to learn new things.

This is even more true now in the age of Internet as

volume of information around us is mind boggling.

Now think this e-book as your friend or secret guide.

This book will help you to deal with the informationexplosion all around you. Not only that. It will in fact

increase your power of learning new things. Just

think of the benefit you will get with your new found

ability. Plan ahead what you will do with it.

If you follow the techniques I'll show you, youll

really be benefited. Some of the techniques that Iwill tell you may appear illogical or eccentric. In

such case I will request you don't be too concerned

with the appearance. I have used each and every


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technique that I am going to show you. And they

have worked for me and still work today beautifully.

These methods will work for you no matter whatsubject you want to learn. It may be Chemistry or

Economics or German grammar or anything else.

These methods will work wonders no matter what is

your sex, religion or nationality.

These techniques contain power. If used properly

your whole life will change.

So let us start.


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Tip 1

Have you ever wondered what time of day is best for

studying?

Some people say it is better to study in the early

morning. And some say you should study at night

before retiring.

I can tell you from my experience that if you require

memorizing a subject you should study at night

before retiring. Because in that case your brain will

get rest after learning a new subject and recall will be

better.

But when you are stuck suppose with a mathematical

problem. You should try to solve it in the earlymorning. Because then your brain will be fresh from

sound sleep. And throw new ideas your way. But you

should note that having sound sleep the night before

is very important here.

Tip 2

Do not take heavy meal before study. Taking heavy

meal makes you feel sleepy (not an ideal state to


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continue study). Because then blood circulates more

towards your stomach than your brain.

Tip 3

Reading while you stand on your feet makes your

reading faster. You can use this technique when time

is short.

Tip 4

After studying or learning something involving

physical activity go directly to bed and sleep do notdo anything in-between.

Tip 5

If possible, at times read aloud. Reading aloudmakes your reading speed slower. But you benefit

from it because more area of your brain gets involved

when you read aloud. While reading aloud you hear


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yourself and the part of your brain assigned with task

of hearing gets activated. And records what you read.

Tip 6

Using multimedia in your study will also help you to

utilize more of your brain. You can use recorded

audio. You can get some video based course on your

subject. Students of some subjects can even play

some games which will increase their efficiency. For

example there are certain games which if played by

medical surgeons (or any body for that matter) make

their hand-eye coordination better, which is very

important for precision surgery.

These days highway drivers, pilots get trained usingsimulators to minimize the loss of life and property.

Computer network engineers use affordable software

to analyze, model, debug computer networks.

So, possibilities are endless and very much affordable

(specially if two three student or enthusiasts join

together). You should just be aware of the

possibilities of using multiple media (i.e. multimedia)that your subject offers.


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Tip 7

If possible you should take training of public

speaking. It will destroy your tense feeling before agroup. And it will also teach you to think promptly

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Tip 8

Take time for relaxing. Do not keep reading for hours

together. Take 15 -20 minutes break every hour.

Take break when you feel stuck with your topic.

When you read again after relaxing, you will findnew insight and be able to move on.

Tip 9

Do some kind of exercise regularly. It need not besomething heavy, even light exercise for 20 minutes

will do. You require this because a healthy mind

needs a healthy body to live.
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You can join some dance class. Age is no bar here.

Beauty of dance is it is a good form of exercise and at

the same time a pure source of joy.

Do love yourself and accept yourself. Doingsomething good (even as simple as getting good

grade) may be very tough if you do not love and

accept yourself. But here I do not mean that you

should be blind to your negative qualities. You

should just be aware of the negatives and try to get

rid of those (wherever possible) but you should not

despise or hate yourself for that. We are all human

beings; coexistence of negative with positive is the

norm of our society.

Tip 10

Read the lesson to be covered in class beforehand,

even if you do not understand everything. You will

be able to ask better questions to understand the

subject fully. And believe me you will be way ahead

of anybody else.


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Tip 11

If you need to present some topic related to your

subject (or any subject for that matter) before yourclass or any other forum first prepare your

presentation then practice delivering it before a

mirror. It will make your actual presentation lively.

Tip 12

In your residence if you need to study in a group see

that group is not having more than three members.

Preferably you should study alone in a distraction

free, well lit and well ventilated room.

Tip 13

Do not study when you are tired. When you' re tired

your brain will not work properly. In that case you

may have difficulty in understanding your subjectand this way you may form a wrong idea about the

difficulty level of the topic. Plan and manage your

time properly. If you read this book fully and apply


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the principles laid out you will never require studying

when you are tired!

Tip 14

If you use computer for your study or project work

make sure your posture is correct.

Take regular backup of your files if you keep your

notes, reference materials etc in your computers Disk.

You should be overly cautious if you depend on your

computer for your study because computer failure

before exam can prove costly.

Tip 15

When you read or write, position yourself in such a

way that light comes over your left shoulder. This

way when you write your writing hands shadow will

not annoy you.(Here it has been assumed that you are right hander.

If you are not you should make appropriate change).


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Tip 16

Avoid reading in moving vehicle. Your eyes will find

it difficult to focus and will get tired fast. If youreally want to utilize your travel time think of

recording your lesson. You can do it using your own

voice. Or you can use various software available in

the market like TextAloudMP3 or ReadPleasePLUS.

Then you can use any portable MP3 player and carry

the sound around.

Tip 17

To master a flowing writing style, just copy for 10

minutes daily, a masterpiece of a good modern writerin your notebook. Note if you read the masterpiece

you are not going to improve your style of writing.

You must copy the work of a good writer in your

notebook for acquiring good writing style.

Tip 18

Revise regularly.


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When you learn something, new neural connections

are created. But these connections or pathways are

not permanent. Revision makes these pathways

strong and helps you to retain the learned subject foryears in your memory.

Tip 19

Keep a notebook and write salient points while you

study. Research shows you will retain more of the

material studied if you do this (even if you do not

touch the notebook again).

Tip 20

Practice building vocabulary. A rich vocabulary will

also facilitate speed reading. Keep good dictionaries

of various subjects in your collection (like dictionary

of computer terms, dictionary of geological terms

etc). If you can spare some time every week reading

these topical dictionaries your vocabulary will grow

with your general knowledge.


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Tip 21

Remember paying close attention to the subject is not

enough. You should make logical association withyour existing knowledge base and experience.

Tip 22

Before reading a book, read the contents section first.

And after that read the detailed content section and

start reading the book only after that. In this way you

will form a general idea of the matter that is covered

in the book. This will improve your comprehension

of the subject matter.

Tip 23

When writing examinations make sure lines are

having enough space in between. This simple thing

will make your written answers more legible even ifyour handwriting is still the same. And more legible

answer means better grade.


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Tip 24

Use a method of notebook numbering which willfacilitate management of notebooks. Frequently it has

been seen that notebooks have a tendency to misplace

themselves so follow a system to keep notebooks

organized.

Tip 25

Memory can be divided into two general categories.

Short-term memory and long-term memory. Here I

explain for you how this affects your study.

As you commit something to your memory for future

recall you need to have certain ideas about memory

functioning.

When you first learn something it gets recorded in

your short-term memory. And unless you revise the

lesson with a short period of time (usually around 15-

20 days) it goes out of your memory. If you try to

revise after that period of time everything will appear

almost new to you. But if you revise that within 15

20 days it gets recorded to your long-term memory.Once recorded in your long-term memory it stays

there for years.


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Tip 26

For good outcome of your study efforts make the firstimpression very carefully. Here I explain what does

that mean.

If your first impression is wrong then no amount of

revision will help you. Revisions will strengthen the

wrong conception.

To avoid this you should keep in touch with your

teacher or some expert of your subject.

And if your subject provides opportunity of

application of learned principles (if you study Physics

you can solve problems, if you are learning computer

programming you can write a program and run it) by

all means take it.

Tip 27

If you' re working with material which you need to

retain for a long time just write everything afterreading. Writing makes you rethink the subject. And

more neural pathways are created as writing requires

coordinated action of many part of your body.


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If you can not write without opening the book write

with your book open in front of you.

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How you distribute your revision exercise is also

important. You should schedule your 1st revision

within 3 weeks and 2nd

revision within 3months.

Tip 29

Do not avoid practical aspects. If your subject gives

you an option of practical by all means do all thepractical. If you read history go to various places of

historic importance (preferably related to your

syllabus). You get the point.

Tip 30

If you study physics or chemistry solve various

numeric problems of the subject other than regular


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lab work. If you study electronics do solve various

circuit problems on paper in addition to lab projects.

Being a student of Electronics I can not

overemphasize this. Solving practical problems onpaper is very important.

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Having difficulty in recalling something? Deep

Breathing may come to your rescue. Here I discuss

why & how.

Deep breathing helps by supplying extra oxygen to

your brain and body tissues. Deep breathing relaxes

your whole being.

It is a very simple process and produces almostinstantaneous result. All you have to do is taking

20 slow and deep breaths to feel the magic.

Whenever you feel tense, overpowered by situation

use it. When you find difficulty in recalling

something use it.

For example you are speaking to a gathering and you

never have done so before you will almost certainlybe tense and forget your lines. Using this technique

will see you through in such situation.

Many people have successfully used this technique

before a difficult examination.


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Tip 32

In this tip I give you a super power strategy to handle

difficult to comprehend subject.

First go through the study material. Just don' t try to

understand anything. After finishing that, read the

material attentively.

When I came to know about this small technique

from one of our teacher I tried this on the very same

day and it worked like magic. It works best when

used with 2 to 3 paragraphs at a time. First read two

or three paragraphs without concentrating on the

details at all. The less you concentrate the better.

Then read the paragraphs with concentration. You

will have almost no difficulty to understand the

material. Though others may find the sameparagraphs difficult to understand.

After finishing with the 1st set of paragraphs you

can read other paragraphs of your book employing

same technique.

See you need nothing more than your book (whatever

be your subject) to test this technique. Why dont you

do it right now?


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Tip 33

Learn speed reading. You will be doing more reading

within much less time (we all can increase ourreading speed). And at the same time your power of

comprehension will grow. Because while speed

reading you will automatically ignore various small

distractions. Speed reading enhances your memory.

So your benefit is manifold.

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Tip 34

If I was asked to give you simply one secret in this

book I' ll give you the following sentence.

Consider, think a certain task is easy and it becomes

easy. Read the above sentence as many times as you

can because if you can commit it to your memory and

do as it says it will change your life.

Start applying it from this very moment as nothing

more is required to use it than your desire.
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Tip 35

When studying or working on an assignment try to be

in a happy mindset. You are more intelligent andeffective when you' re happy.Yes! You better believe

it.

Tip 36

Learning to simulate happy mindset will help you in

your effort to learn new things. Here I give you the

techniques for simulating happy mindset whenever

you need.

Think of a time from your past when you were really

happy. It can be any thing like your birthday party oflast year or your latest visit to local zoo. Picture

those happy moments and you will be filled with joy

and happiness.

Your task is to practice reliving those happy

moments and be happy. After you practice it for few

weeks you will not require the elaborate process.

Then you can be in happy mindset whenever yourequire, bypassing conscious thought about past

happy moments.

When you reach this state, use this happy mindset

before starting your study session.


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Try this and you will get some truly amazing result.

Tip 37

A small creative visualization session before starting

your study can help you a lot. Here I explain what

visualization is and how to use it for your benefit.

You can use creative visualization to get whatever

you want and that includes better grade in school and

college, super learning power for learning new things

for your business or professional life. Or whatever

your heart desires.

Visualization is a technique which is nowadays being

used by top athletes, professional managers andmedical practitioners. It helps one to utilize full

power of his or her mind.

How this technique works nobody knows fully but it

is fact that if it is used, it works.

Before going farther I will ask you to open your mindand throw away your disbeliefs.


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How visualization works is a real mystery. But doing

it and getting result is very simple even a four-year-

old can do it.

The process can be summed up in just two words

Relax and Picture.

Thats it.

By Relax I mean to do visualization you have to relax

your body and mind.

And by Picture I mean in your minds eye you need to

see the picture of your future as you like it to be. You

require to do this in your relaxed state.

For example if you want to lose weight you can view

yourself in your minds eye to have normal bodyweight. You can imagine yourself taking part in

various sporting activity which requires physical

fitness.

If you want to increase your learning ability, you can

visualize yourself doing very good in your class, in

your business or in your professional life. You canvisualize that you are being praised by your peers.

Others are coming to you for your suggestion for

your guidance etc.


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I think you get the point.

In context of doing visualization, I would like to give

you some tips.

One. Though there is so right or wrong time for

doing visualization. You will get better result if you

visualize before going to bed at night.

Two. Cast away your doubts. Do this ritual every

night before going to bed. And you will see the

difference.

Three. Do not think over how it works. Because

nobody knows exactly how it works. All I can tell

you it does work.

If you want to know more there are various good

books and courses which you may find useful.

Tip 38

Do not avoid any apparent tough topic of your

subject. Some area may appear tough if you do not

learn the prerequisites. Take care to learn the

prerequisites. The tough area will dissolve


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automatically. If you cannot find the prerequisites

yourself consult your teacher or an expert of your

subject.

Tip 39

Never bypass lessons or chapters. Habit of bypassing

lessons and moving on can be very costly as future

lessons may appear very tough. And then you may

not have time to come back and read the bypassed

lessons. And finding which bypassed topic exactly

you need to read and learn may be even more

difficult.

Tip 40

Everybody is not alike. There are people who learn

better visually and at the same time there are people

who learn better through auditory path or tactile path.

These are known as modalities. The main modalitiesare Visual, Auditory and Tactile.

Here I discuss how knowing your modality can help

you to learn new things.


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If you are made aware about your strongest modality,

you will be able to organize your study efforts around

your strongest modality. And if you do that your

return will be sizeable.Here is a simple test to find out your modality. If now

I ask you to remember what you did yesterday

morning at around 7 Oclock. You start remembering

various things. Just observe how many visual pictures

cross your mind. How many sound you can hear. And

how many tactile experience your memory consists

of. If visual images outweigh other two then you are

a visual person and will learn things better using

visual stimuli. If your memory is formed mostly with

sounds then your auditory modality is strong and you

can expect better result if you utilize your strong

auditory capability. And so on.

If your auditory modality is strong then you will getbenefit from recording and listening to your lesson.

You will also get good result from discussing your

subject with your teacher and fellow students.

If you are of visual type then getting a video course

(if available) on your subject in addition to reading

your text book will give good return.

And if your tactile modality outweighs other two youwill do better where there is ample scope of doing

things hands-on.


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Tip 41

Never hesitate to ask for help. Ask for help from your

teachers, fellow students. You can get a newunderstanding of the topic at hand from your

discussion with others.

Tip 42

Be fully involved and enjoy the process of learning.

You should have clear reason for learning. That

reason should be something you desire and not

something your parents, neighbors or your spouse

want.

Tip 43

Give full attention to the diagrams, figures of the

book. Do not ignore them. Many people do this

costly mistake and end up with wrong or ill formedidea of the subject matter.

At times ignoring an attached diagram can make a

topic impossible to understand. Beware of this

common mistake.


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Tip 44

Whenever possible create your own diagram,

flowchart, Venn diagram, pie chart in your scratchpad or note book.

This will make your learning process very easy and

make you more involved in the process of learning.

Tip 45

Be interested in the subject matter. To generate

interest do following things.

Approach the subject from various angles not through

the text book only. Read other related books, journals

etc. Become a member of a society of professionalsrelating to your subject. Attend meetings, seminars

on your topic of interest.

Tip 46

Maintain the practice of learning new things. Do not

stop learning after your college days are over.

Learning new things regularly will keep your mind

sharp.


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Tip 47

Surround yourself with people who are more

successful, more efficient than you. Spend less timewith people with lesser abilities than you. It may

require great effort on your part but let me tell you

the returns will be even greater.

Tip 48

While trying to master a new subject you may face

overwhelm at the thought of vastness of the subject.

This overwhelm stops many from setting highly

achievable goals and working towards it.

This specially happens to the people who have leftcollege for 4 5 years or more. The following

strategy will certainly help you big way,

Just stay with the subject, do not think of its vastness.

With time passing familiarity will grow and you will

master it at the end. Do not forget the magic mantra

Thinking a task to be easy makes it easy.


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Conclusion

We have finished our journey of exploring the

methods which when followed will bring dramaticchange in your life. You only have to start using the

magic steps.

To that end I will ask you to get this ebook printed.

Keep the printed book on your desk. And refer to it

once in a week. It will continue to give you ideas to

use.

All the Best and Happy Learning.


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