ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET #4: STUDYING AND DISCIPLINED THINKING.
Wednesday, November 02, 2016The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them. -Mark Twain
Studying is a means of getting acquainted with what is already done. It is a way of absorbing ideas from great minds, It gives you open access to other peoples stories, breakthrough, wisdom, insight, line of thought, solutions and so forth.Studying good books articles and write-ups empowers, liberates and enlightens. and disciplined thinking is a deliberate attempt to subject yourself to productive thoughts.
There are gigabytes of negative information flying around the society on a daily basis, while we have only megabytes of positive information. The bad news is that negative information comes freely but you have to pay for most positive information before you can get them.
Disciplined thinking will help you to focused on good thought which will stimulate your overall productivity in the long run.Disciplined thinking also helps you to grow mentally and spiritually and gives you the advantage to ruminate over what you study and make the best out of it.
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABUT STUDYING AND DISCIPLINED THINKING
CREATE TIME FOR STUDYING
Except you know the value of studying it is sometimes difficult to subject yourself to studying when there are no teachers to evaluate you. Creating time for studying will help you to be committed to it. You must be deliberate about this. If you don’t have the culture of studying before, it’s time you start cultivating one.
STUDY GOOD BOOKS
How do you know which book is good until you’ve study it? Personally, I hate reading books before I find out what kind of books they were. Aside studying the preface of a book, I study books based on recommendation, I always feel happy when someone ask me to study a book because its going to help me to do some certain things.
Another way of knowing what book is right for you is by reading book reviews on Goodreads. You can also visit the book session of Amazon to read book reviews . Peer reviews are helpful because it gives you an edge as to what to study and what to expect.
What are the things that helps you to recognize good books and what books were helpful to you? Share yours on the comment session below.
STUDY BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
It helps you to know about the stories of others. What was possible for them and what is possible for you is revealed when you study biographies and autobiographies. You are challenge about the achievement of others and therefore developed the confidence to pursue your dream.
BE SELECTIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU STUDY
More than twenty-thousand books is added to the library of congress on a daily basis. (source: wikipedia ). More journals and magazines are been published on a daily basis, we are now bombarded with lots of information here and there from various sources than ever before.
You should not nurture a study goal without been selective about what to study. Focused study is helpful and engender productivity than perusing through all forms of information that arrive at your doorstep.
Ensure that what you study is in line with your goals. That does not deprive you from studying for fun but don’t make it a vocation.
STUDY WITH CRITICAL MIND
Develop the ability to filter out information that aren’t useful to you . Don’t always adopt information rather adapt them to suit your person and your environment.
STUDY LATEST DEVELOPMENT AND BREAKTHROUGH IN YOUR FIELD
If you aren’t up to date about the innovation in your discipline, you will be left behind and push out of business. You’ll be in a better position to make inform decision when you are knowledgeable about the recent development in your field.
UTILIZE OTHER MEANS OF LEARNING
You may not like studying text materials, Its boring and you are not used to it. This is not an excuse not to learn. There are lots of medium to learn such as attending seminars, training programmes listening to audio books, watching recorded programmes and so on. Even if you like studying text material listening to audio books concurrently with other physical tasks such as driving, dry cleaning, etc will be rewarding.
You can visit Youtube to download tons of audio books. There are unbelievable beter medium of learning apart from text material available for free on public domain. The possibilities are endless.
DEVELOP YOUR IMAGINATIVE POWER
“It takes curiosity to find your call to adventure, it takes courage to venture into the unknown, and it takes imagination to create your path.” -Nikola Tesla.
Disciplined thinking helps to develop your imaginative power, learn to exercise your mind just as you exercise your body.
ENJOY THE JOURNEY
“You do not live in your time unless you understand that this is a tremendous adventure and a wild and exciting thing” said Feynman.
Great minds don’t retire from studying and disciplined thinking, to them the very act of working is fun and nothing more.
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