11/16/2015
HOW TO STUDY, HOW TO LEARN SOMETHING CHALLENGING
This is how I went about my study all my life - starting after my high school. During my Bachelors in Electronics Engineering (MCTE Mhow) and my Masters in Computer Science at IIT Bombay.
Any subject you study, follow the rule of 3. Study from at least three different sources, books, authors. Each author has his own unique way of explaining and each may include or miss on some thing.
We can use google as well - google the topics. But make sure to use a good site.
Use one book, the best one as the base book. Begin reading the base book. Each topic - read again from the other two books, sources.
Read the same topic from all three sources. If you don’t understand – read it again and again. If you still don’t understand – take a break, think, reflect, meditate, mull over what you have read and then study again. Make sure you understand every word, every sentence, every paragraph. Google specifically what you are unable to understand – any word, term, terminology, concept, etc. Just keep on at it, don’t give up and you will succeed.
State of mind is extremely important. Positive thoughts are vital. “I can study, I can understand what I am studying, sooner or later I will understand!” Every now and then repeat such positive thoughts. When we think positive something magical happens, the brain goes to work for us.
What is the difference between people who succeed and those who don’t? How do great scientists like Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein accomplish so much? People who succeed are also are faced with the same challenges – trying to understand something, trying to find answers, trying to solve some problem – but they don’t give up! They keep on trying. They keep on thinking, analyzing, reflecting, recalling, meditating, mulling over! When we keep on trying, then our brain muscles grow. Sooner or later the muscles grow to a level that we are then able to understand what we are studying. With time the brain muscles grow stronger and stronger and subsequent concepts we are able to learn much faster.
Successful people are positive, optimistic, confident – “I can do it, I will do it, I can learn, I will learn, I can understand…”
There are so many gymnasiums devoted to building our muscles, how many to building brain muscles? If we go to a gym and if we seek help to lift weights then our muscles don’t benefit 100%. Same applies to when we give up and seek help from others. Some times yes we need to seek help, but less the better.
What we have in SpaceAge is training material, notes – written in a manner that is easy to understand and we focus on features, topics that are important, relevant to our industry.
No matter what your dream is – keep trying. Nothing comes easy! Patience! Rome was not built in a day! You can eat an elephant one bite at a time! It takes courage to get started and then it takes will power, persistence – to keep on keeping on. Only the strong and brave reach the finish line. Have faith, be strong, have courage, you can do it, you will do it! Learning is joy! Enjoy every minute – learning, growing!
Capt. Surender Malhan.
(still work in progress, I hope this helps)
