What do you do when you need to learn something? Hello, it’s Shan Shan here. In this post, I’ll show you some of the most effective practices I use whenever I try to learn something new. These aren’t a collection of learning tips I quickly googled but are all based on my own learning experience. …
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If you don’t like how things are, change it. You’re not a tree. __Jim Rohn I loved this quote, and it always made me smile. It might be a bit unfair to the trees. Somehow, everyone wants some changes in their life. The concept of change is simple and straightforward. There is a lot of …
We need to communicate in the language others understand, rather than insisting using our native tongue to talk to others. Make perfect sense. However, in expressing love, there’re five languages, as introduced by Gary Chapman. Each of us prefer to use one or two love languages to express love to our significant other. At the …
Are you always rushing around and running a bit late for everything, from meetings and doctor’s appointments to school pickup? I cannot remember when I became Little Miss Late, but I reached a point I couldn’t take it anymore. I told myself I didn’t want to be late, so I made some effort to leave …
Have you had the following experience? You’re starting an exciting big project. Everything is set up, and time is blocked out to work on the associated tasks. Somehow, you cannot focus on the task, and nothing gets done at the end of the day. I’ve been there recently. I had a whole day blocked out …
The lyrics from the car radio caught my attention; not over yet!! Then, my thoughts start flowing away from the music… Where are you in your life, work, or study right now? Somehow, we tend to feel we’re behind. This feeling can immobilize us. We start to blame ourselves, put ourselves down and pin ourselves …
The second pathway for learning is the procedural learning system. It uses the deep learning network of the basal ganglia to set up the links in long-term memory. Every time we repeat doing something, the neural connections are strengthened. Whether it’s folding clothes or driving home through the same route every day, eventually, you can …
We all know by default what is learn, how to learn and why to learn… Thanks to the course: Uncommon Sense Teaching; I understand more about how memory works or learning happens from a neuroscience perspective. Let me share with you the first pathway __ declarative learning pathway: First and foremost: Learning involves creating sets …
5 Mistakes You Should Never Make When You’re Doing Your PhD 13/04/2022, 13.00 to 14.00 BST Have you ever wondered whether you’re doing your PhD right or whether there is one ‘secret’ way to do a PhD? Well, the answer is no, because every PhD candidate has her or his unique circumstance, skillset and learning …
Last week, I was driving with my little one. Out of blue, he told me he wanted to go to soft play. I had other plans, but it seemed reasonable to reschedule them and just go to the soft play for an hour. I stopped at a café to grab some snacks for my little …
