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How much time do you dedicate to learning a day?

by Joe Crosbie
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Hey Warriors!

I'm a big fan of constantly learning, whether it be through reading, talking to people, watching videos or listening to podcasts.

I think it's mega important and I spend about two hours a day doing it. I find that it relaxes me, especially watching videos and listening to podcasts, I find myself spending more time on this than I do watching TV.

How much time do you spend learning a day? I'm curious to know
#day #dedicate #learning #time
  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Schuman
    Good point Joe.

    This is especially important when you are first starting with Internet marketing, although I still come to the forum and read threads that interest me even after 11 years of doing this.

    You should budget your time and set a weekly schedule if you are working online part time. This should include a certain number of hours for becoming educated and more skillful.

    I think 10% is a good number, but that is a personal choice. So if I work 20 hours a week online 2 hours of that should be spent learning how to make money.

    The good thing about budgeting your time this way is you do not fall into the trap of spending all of your time learning and none of it actually working. To a certain extent experience is the best teacher so you need to get in the game so to speak.
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  • Profile picture of the author Diversion52
    Hey Joe!

    I'm all about learning new stuff. I spend an average of about 2 hours a day learning something new. I like to combine exercise with learning by listening to a lot of audio books while walking. I've gotten pretty deep into learning different styles of psychology and philosophy by just walking, listening and thinking. Then I process it again later by writing my thoughts down.
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  • Profile picture of the author cajtrixie
    That's a great question! But the thing is, I never stop learning. 0.o

    I take on projects that are always teaching me, whether it's something software, skill, or just mistake-based, so I'm always learning something new. And, when I'm not engaging in a challenging project, I have tutorial/instructional videos or webinar replays going on so that I can listen to them. ^_^

    If I'm not learning something in some form or finishing something, I don't feel productive, and I have an inherent need to be productive each day, so I'm ALWAYS doing something. lol

    I wonder how many other people are like that. 0.o
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  • Profile picture of the author tobyjensen
    I know this is going to get negative responses when I say I learn 24 hours a day, because that's impossible, right? What kind of idiot, show-off answer is that?

    Here's how it works. By pursuing my life's mission well I have learned the simple skill of active learning and passive learning. Sometimes I'm focused and developed into research looking for particular answers. This moves into practice to get good at it. Then into production which includes learning to introduce a new action.

    During sleep, I trained to lucid dream. Not to tough a skill either. I am aware or at least trusting during rest to grow and develop. Not very active time for learning, pretty passive but still wake up refreshed with intelligent comprehensive answers. Must have done well something during the night.

    What about golf time or watching Lord of the Rings? I'm just so fascinated by personal development (25 years of research and development to produce my latest world class product) that even then it helps me to enjoy LOTR even more. Catching the subtleties, understanding character development, just a lot of more deep fun for me.

    So active learning varies from day to day depending on my deadlines and it also depends on my inner motivation as well. Some days I spend actively all day going at it. I have slowed down quite a bit though to plan better.
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    So, . . . how well do you learn?
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    because i am learning and working on things in several areas i am open to learning new things almost all of the time .

    personally i have a framework of ideas and concepts ..that almost always need another piece of information ..that fills out a branch or connects together info i already have .

    there is also constant pruning and morphing of ideas .

    I am such a nerd when it come to wanting to learn seemingly insignificant things..that are illuminating when added to other info
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    • Profile picture of the author Darren44
      I spend at least 3-4 hours a day learning and it's not a problem at all for me. Currently I'm focusing on programming in VB net which to me looks like a really neat language. Wish I had learned the things I know now sooner.

      It's good that you learn by watching various videos (I often do that as well) but you should also write things down in a notebook. Human memory is a very tricky thing and you can easily forget something that you "only" saw and heard on a video. Better to write some notes down and even repeat some information with your own voice out loud or in conversation with others. It's retained better. If you are learning something seriously important to you, then keep the notes and read them again (quickly) every couple of weeks until they stick or just take action upon what you have learned actively (daily?) so that it sticks. I'm gonna guess that the best way to remember something is to take physical action with it.

      It's always best to learn something new starting from the very absolute basics you can find upwards. God knows how much that is true for programming. You'd be only be wasting your time and eventually get things wrong if you just started from the middle up. How well and fast you'll learn advanced information is heavily related to how well you have remembered the very basics.

      I really think the worst enemy to the learning process is this damn forgetfulness. Awful thing to have. Got myself the Memory in a month program to try and improve on this aspect. Absence of focus during learning is certainly a serious issues too. Attentiveness can be improved as well thankfully.

      If I ever become very wealthy I doubt I'll just stop learning like many people do once they are well set in life. As if one is somehow supposed to equal the other by nature. "I only needed to learn in life to get rich, so now, obviously, I should just stop. Completely." ??? WTH?
      Life isn't something that only starts when you are 'finally rich' and can afford to stop learning, life = learning. The way I see it, when you become financially well set in life, perhaps you can finally afford to start spending your days learning what you like, rather than what you were forced to learn to earn during your life. They are often two very different things.
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  • Profile picture of the author LastingLifeSuccess
    Hi Joe, . . . that's coincidental. I too invest about roughly2 hours per day, every day, learning from my media of choice. Thanks for your thoughtful post, . . . obliquely inspiring!

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