Posts Tagged ‘ Learning ’

Learning A New Skill

Jan 2nd, 2008 | By Bryce Beattie | Category: Around The Web

Learning to learn is a subject that doesn’t get enough emphasis from success writers. I’ll admit, I read and listen to a lot of material that could be useful in my life, but very little of it actually sticks.
There are many reasons to learn new skills.
David Moldawer over at lifeclever.com suggested that everybody Learn a [...]



Learning From Others

Aug 28th, 2007 | By Bryce Beattie | Category: Featured Articles

“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he’d learned in seven years.”
The above quote is generally attributed to Mark Twain, because it sounds like something he would [...]



Studying The Masters

Mar 28th, 2007 | By Bryce Beattie | Category: Featured Articles

At the very beginning of “How to Win Friends & Influence People,” Dale Carnegie gives some very useful advice on how to study his book so that it can do the most good. It’s great advice that can be applied to any self-development work.
I’m just going to paraphrase his nine suggestions.

Get the desire. You’ve really [...]