advice
DO be realistic ✓
DON’T learn loads of new languages from scratch at the same time
DO learn completely different languages…
...OR learn similar languages✓
DON’T rush things✓
DO prioritize and set a timetable✓
DON’T spread yourself too thin
DO differentiate your languages
DON’T isolate your language studies✓
“Dance like nobody’s watching; Love like you’ve never been hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening; Live like it’s heaven on earth.”
1. Start by figuring out which personal development skills you need to build.
2. Develop entrepreneurial thinking.
3. Develop a growth mindset.
4. Develop your self-soothing mechanism.
5. Develop resilience.
6. Develop your value compass.
7. Create a personal development plan.
8. Record your progress towards personal development.
9. Keep developing yourself in new ways.
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A rule about breaking relationships.
A rule about committing to lifelong relationships.
A rule about compromises in work or effort.
A rule about making and creating things.
A rule about your relationship to history.
A rule about your relationship to wealth and status.
A rule about your deepest grow-together relationships.
A rule about your physical body.
A rule about how you science.
A rule about what your life is a measure of.
A rule about how you appear in public.
A rule about irreversible public action.
“Your whole experience of life is in your mind. Focus on your internal world, not the external world” — Derek Sivers
Reduce stress.
Use mnemonic devices.
Repetition.
Visualize.
Read out loud.
Practice regularly.
Spaced repetition.
Get sufficient sleep.
Train your brain.
Get some exercise.
Write it down.
Eat berries.
Drink alcohol in moderation
Practice mindfulness
Try a fish oil supplement
“The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Be motivated or have strong discipline?
make condense notes
do A LOT of sample questions and answers
document your mistakes
pay attention to HOW articles are written/structured
blurting method
3Q3R
mind mapping
brown/white noise
pomodoro techniques
active recall
feynman technique
That will keep you from looking back
1. Put upcoming TV, movie, and book releases on your calendar.
2. In fact, put any and all things on the calendar
-> Plan fun situations rather than waiting for them to happen.
3. Save certain treats or activities for “special” occasions.
4. Make your weekends feel like weekends.
5. Focus on something waaay down the line.
6. Order yourself something special (mindfully).
7. Start a long-term project.
8. Create regular rituals with your friends or family.
9. Get involved with, a parcel or letter exchange program
-> Send emails or letters
10. Practice mindfulness.
Annotation means writing key information alongside your work. It can help to record your thoughts, keep your development on track and let others know what you have done and why.
Annotations can be added to artwork using a variety of formats:
Writing them next to work produced in a sketchbook
Writing on the back of the work – take care not to spoil the work by doing this
Writing them on separate presentation sheets
Creating a blog - taking photographs of the work at different stages and tagging the images with comments
Posting work on social media and adding comments
“Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules.” – Ashleigh Brilliant