Learn Something New

When I talk to people I ask them which they believe is the most crucial part of their body when it comes to learning. Not amazingly, they point to their heads. I then ask them how much time they spent at school finding out about their minds and there's a chagrined and, a concerned silence. Individuals are starting to understand the true importance of the concept of learning. There's a conspiracy of hush when it comes to learning to learn. We place big sums of money in business processes, in research and development, in PC systems, and in training, but nearly nothing in understanding how the mind works.

This unequalled resource—people’s ability to learn— is so frequently ignored. There is little doubt that how we learn is key to success in today’s fast-changing domain. By studying this book and taking time to contemplate the knowledge that's lying buried beneath the surface of your life, you'll be able to power up your own brain and the brains of those with whom you work and live. Envisage you've just purchased a PC or some electrical item for the house. You're taking it out for the first time. As you loosen the brown cardboard box, you're confronted with assorted bits and pieces, some enveloped in plastic, a few further packed in polystyrene. You recognize some things, while others baffle you. For a couple of brief minutes you've a glimpse of the workings of some mechanical object before it's become an intimate part of your life.