How To Learn To Succeed

Daily Success Motivation and Positive Thinking

"The illiterate of the year 2000 [and beyond] will not be the individual who cannot read and write, but the one who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Alvin Toffler

There can be no success without continual learning. In order to succeed well and lead well you have to learn how to learn well. In his book entitled "Create Your Own Future" Brian Tracy talked about the winning edge factor.

He describes the winning edge as the small differences in knowledge and skill that make and enormous difference in results. Two examples he uses are a horse race and competitive sales. When a horse wins a race or company wins a sale it doesn't not mean the winning horse or company is a 100 percent better than the losing horses or company.

It means that the winners had an edge in knowledge and skill that allow them to reap 100 percent of the benefits of winning without being 100 percent better in order to win. The horse may have won by a nose or the company may have won by a slightly better price difference of feature but no matter the margin of the win, they still still reap 100 percent of the winnings.

This is huge and you should think about this. You don't have to be 100 percent better than you were yesterday. You just have to learn how to learn the skills and knowledge required to generate significant results in your life.

Whether you are seeking to improve your business or yourself you have to improve your brain and think positive about your ability to improve your situation. What you see is what you get and if you are not seeing the right things in your mind then you are not moving in the direction of your dreams and goals.

So what I want to do is spend some time talking about the importance of learning how to learn to succeed. Learning is one thing. Learning how to learn is something different. What do I mean by "learning how to learn"? Well this concept comes from the world of Accelerated Learning which is really a simple set of skills that instruct you on how to optimize your memory, reading, comprehension and study skill.

For now lets talk about finding the time to improve your mind for winning edge success. Life in these modern times is very, very busy for most of us. All too often people are busy going about doing things that do not make them happy or help them advance toward their true life goals. Finding the time to learn and develop your dreams is important to turning that around. As you learn more about what you really want and give some mind time to it, you will begin to ignite and inward excitement and start making time for your dreams.

I, personally love to read and feel like I've been blessed with a deep hunger for learning lots of things. I read often. But sometimes I don't have the time to read everything I would like to and for others reading isn't a joy or they also don't have time to read as they would like.

But reading is the mother of all learning so how is one to handle this challenge? First let's understand the important of reading. Leaders are readers and their is a direct connection between learning and vocabulary and the ability to advance your life towards personal success goals.

You don't have to the have a college education or fancy vocabulary. You DO have to embrace the fact that you have to learn how do something to succeed. Reading is a key factor for getting knowledge. Reading opens you up to opportunities for mentoring and training that you otherwise would not have access to.

In this age of Information, the only real difference for business success is how quickly one can learn and apply new information for a competitive edge. What this means for your personal success is there hasn't been a better opportunity in time and history for learning. Information is exploding everywhere. This is a personal advantage to you if you will seek out knowledge and learning to improve your personal success.

There is so much information available and you can freely learn whatever you want that there is now excuse for not improving your mind and your life.

But I do understand the challenges with getting this going. Managing a busy schedule, taking time to read, reviewing and comprehending and then applying what you learn all take time. The faster you learn then the faster you can apply your knowledge and make progress.

So here's what I've done to improve my learning experience and make optimal use of my time as well.

Introducing...Audio Books!
I've started using Audio Books. I see books as mentors. Being mentored by a book written by an admired leader in a area that you are interested in is very powerful. Nothing sells better than information that solves a problem. Reading a self-development book or a book on positive thinking can be like have a personal one on one with the author.

Audio Books are powerful learning tools for a few reasons:

Audio Books Are Immersive
Audio books are just a powerful and can be more immersive. As you listen you get more involved with the material which helps facilitate better learning. It like listening to the radio or going to a seminar. You can easily listen and take notes during a relaxing moment. You can get your mind and emotions involved in audio books. Emotion is a powerful long term memory mechanism. Just think about how easy it is to recall moments based on extreme joy, sadness and even music. We easily remember emotionally connected moments.

Audio Books Can Be Easier Than Reading
With Audio Books you don't have to read you just listen and learn. Reading can be distracting, challenging or slow for many readers who haven't had and opportunity to work on improving reading and comprehension in a time where information overload is problematic. It usually leads to frustration. Speed reading courses abound and there are techniques that do work and can improve speed and comprehension in reading. Not everyone feels comfortable with these methods or has the time the learn them since they have to practice them in order to derive benefit. If you are a slow reader then this discourages learning because a lot of time will be used up just trying to finish material and comprehension suffers as a result. Audio Books only require that you listen at your leisure. When you are comfortable and stress free, your comprehension improves and learning is fun.

Audio Books Are Time Friendly
Audio Books are time flexible so you can listen to them anytime and anywhere. A lot of people spend time in their cars commuting to and from work and to various other destinations. You can turn your car into a university when you use commute time into learning time by playing Audio Book CD's during your drive time.

Audio Books Are Fun
Quite frankly, Audio Books are also just fun. It's a lot of fun for me to go online and shop for the latest books on positive thinking, daily success motivation and self-development. Oh I'm still and avid reader of books but Audio Books have opened up a new world of learning for me. I can explore many more subjects such as history and politics.

My only limit is my learning and the same applies to you also. The skies the limit. To change your life you have to change your mind. To change you mind you have to invest in yourself and fill yourself with learning that empowers your belief in your ability to succeed.

Audio Books aren't new and the technology for them is well developed. Audio Books generally come in the MP3 format. You will need MP3 player software for your Windows or Mac PC in order to listen them. I recommend iTunes software by Apple. It's free for Windows and Macs and it's awesome.

To make things even better you should get a Apple iPod that allows you to download and carry your Audio Books wherever you go. When you download Audio Book and MP3s, you can use iTunes to copy your audios to your iPod easily.

It is highly recommended that you have a broadband connection for audio books. Their files are a bit large. Motivational MP3 audios are much smaller however and lengthy programs of this type are usually divided into smallere individual files in a series for easy download instead of one big file.

So where do I get my audios and what do I recommend? Here are my recommendations and the places I use regularly.

iTunes
iTunes is a fantastic and very popular music download store. They also have an audio book store. The iTunes store of course works in harmony with the iTunes software and iPod. Please note that iTunes plays and manages all MP3s and other audio files and not just want you can download from the iTunes store. The same applies to the iPod. They don't force you to use iTunes only.

Mp3Motivators.com
This site is simply awesome. They carry the best positive thinking and success motivation audios around. They can buy and download powerfully inspirational sessions or expanded lessons and refer to them time and again. These are extremely powerful because these are done by success coaches speak with precision as if talking to directly. Very powerful audios and highly recommended. Every audio has a sample so that you can try it before you buy it. MP3Motivators continues to offer life change audio. I'm glad they exist.

Audible is a premier Audio Book download store. You can even listen to two audiobooks for FREE from Audible when you visit them today. Audible even allows you to save $100 off an Apple iPod with a year of Audible. Audible is my defacto online book store. They carry the latest and best book products, they explain audio download formats, offer reader reviews and samples of all books they offer so that you can try before you buy.

The bottom line is that you must feed your need to succeed. Audio Books and motivational audios are very inexpensive to purchase and they are investments in yourself that keep on giving. They are portable and powerful learning tools that can be accessed by you anytime and anywhere.

These are must have learning tools for daily success motivation.

© 2004 T. L. Pakii Pierce - Upgrade Your Mind
The Mindset Motivator
"Think Well & Finish Strong!"
Daily Success Motivation and Positive Thinking for Powerful Life Change

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