Here are some great quotes on learning.

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why, so few people engage in it.” ~ Henry Ford

“I not only use all of the brains that I have, but all I can borrow” ~ Woodrow Wilson

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read” ~ Mark Twain

We all would like to have more time to learn and to learn at a faster pace. The “someday/maybe’s” holds more people from their fullest potential than anything I know. Author Jim Kwik suffered a severe brain injury as a child. This affected his ability to learn so much so that an elementary teacher stated that his brain is broke. The kid with the “broke brain” stigma stayed with Kwik for years. Obviously he became an overcomer in developing habits and life hacks that aided in his amazing recovery. He shares many of those insights in his book Limitless. He wrote about an acronym F.A.S.T.E.R. that is a great tool worth sharing if you desire to grow and learn faster against all odds.

F is for Forget – The key to laser focus is to remove or forget that which distracts you. …

A is for Act – Traditional education has trained many people that learning is a passive experience. You sit quietly in a class, you don’t talk to your neighbor, and you consume the information. But learning is not a spectator sport. The human brain does not learn as much by consumption as it does creation. …

S is for State – All learning is state dependent. Your state is a current snapshot of your emotions. It is highly influenced by your thoughts (psychology) and the physical condition of your body (physiology). …

T is for Teach – If you want to cut your learning curve dramatically, learn with the intention of teaching the information to someone else. Think about it: If you know you have to give a presentation on what you learn, you will approach how you learn the topic with the intention of mastering it well enough to explain it to someone else. …

E is for Enter – What is the simplest and most powerful personal performance tool? Your calendar. We enter important things on our schedule. … Do you know what a lot of people don’t schedule? Their personal growth and development. If it’s not on your calendar, there’s a good chance it’s not getting done. …

R is for Review – One of the best ways to reduce the effects of the forgetting curve is to activelyrecall what you learned with spaced repetition.”