- Use free class material often online at various schools
- Find and study the text books from classes without actually attending (old text books are very cheap or even free as an added bonus)
- Read online blogs on topics of interest
- Have discussions online in forums or as comments about a topic
- Start writing your own content on a subject
- Start your own blog and commit to writing on a regular basis on subjects of interest
- Video a short documentary on a subject
- Create a link page or resource list that you learn from and refer back to
- Read books from experts on a subject
- Read books from those who oppose a particular subject to broaden your knowledge
- Look up and remember classic sayings so you know its origins
- Study a new word in your native language to expand your vocabulary
- Read a wide variety of books (fiction AND non-fiction)
- Listen to your spouse (or significant other)
- Share experiences with others and find lessons in those experiences
- Tell stories and listen to stories from others
- Take your hobbies more seriously and join hobbyist clubs / organizations to learn from others
- Compete in a hobby to force yourself to learn more about it
- Take up a trade or craft and become more skilled in that area through practice
- Teach something you know to others and gain insight through their questions and methods of learning it
- Sit down with your elder relatives and ask them for words of wisdom they have found in life
- Ask professionals in your industry of work about the most important things they have learned
- Don’t believe everything you hear or read the first time, verify it and check a second source
- Learn some brief biographies of famous people from your famous quotes or sayings, you might be surprised at how much they knew you can learn from
- Read biographies, sometimes these books share more insight about life then the best instructional books or courses
- Take courses on topics you don’t know a lot about yet.
- Attend and participate in community groups that share and teach new topics
- Find associations that help organize like-minded people together for discussions
- Join a book club or study group
- Join toastmasters or other public speaking group, as they continuing teach and help you learn new topics
- Get a mentor to help ask you questions about self-discovery
- Use a life coach to learn more about your self
- Watch TED videos online
- Subscribe to various technical feeds or technology newscasts to keep up with technology
- Use podcasts to learn new subjects or news
- Listen to audio books while you commute to always learn more
- Learn a second language (or third)
- Travel to experience and learn more about other cultures
- Stop watching television or be more selective to only watch education content
- Add some documentaries to your movie selection
- Do some volunteering or community service to learn about local problems
- Look up tutorials or learning topics with online video such as at YouTube
- Take on a project yourself instead of hiring it out, to learn how to do it
- Pay or hire out work you ‘could’ do yourself, so you have time to learn more new things
- Dedicate some fixed time every day to learning, at the same time since the brain works best repeating new actions
- Learn to gain a better quality sleep so you are well rested without losing more time to sleeping
- Eat healthy foods and a diet that promotes good brain activity and body functions
- Get daily exercise as blood flow and metabolism help activate the brains memory
- Practise memory improvements as it can help you learn all things easier and faster
- Know and emphasize your own learning patterns, whether they be audible, visual or kinesthetic
Barakallah :)
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