Five Ways To Learn New Skills Quickly

It's essential to learn new skills quickly in today'sapplication is the use of mnemonics. Find a word
information economy. Today, you are what youor phrase and associate each letter (or initial letter
know. If you want to progress forwards in life,of that word) with the topic you're learning.
you need to learn new skills.For example, the first letters of Richard Of York
But most adults resent learning. When was theGave Battle In Vein spells out the colors of the
last time you learnt something significant in yourrainbow in order: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
life? Like a new language? New software? WhenBlue, Indigo, Violet.
did you last learn to play a musical instrument? AGoogle 'mnemonics' and you'll find plenty of
new sport? Most people don't learn because theywebsites listing mnemonics for a huge range of
fear it's difficult.subjects.
Is that you?5. Think in pictures
Learning needn't be that way. Here are fiveEveryone's mind works in pictures. It's much
strategies that will help you pick up a new topiceasier to remember something when you visualize
faster than ever before.it, rather than trying to remember an abstract
1. Repetitionword or concept. For example, what is the color
Repeat something new over and over and you'llof your front door? I bet you had to recall a
develop 'muscle memory' that will help youpicture of your front door before you could
memorize a new subject. Whether is a particularanswer the question. Memorize concepts in
set of words or phrases in a foreign language, orpictures and you'll be able to recall them much
cooking a recipe, the secret is to repeat the taskfaster. The more unusual the image, the easier it
over and over several times until it's stuck in youris to remember.
memory.Here's how. The Spanish word for hair is Pelo,
I recently needed to learn a new programmingpronounced "pay-lo". It sounds like the English
language for a project I was involved with. Theword Halo. So to memorize that Spanish, I think
fastest way for me to learn the new language,of a bald man with a glowing, hairy halo floating
was to sit down at my computer at the start ofabove his head!
the weekend and, write lots of new software,I don't speak Spanish. I learnt that particular
over and over. I spent the whole weekendexample about five years ago and have never
working in the new language, writing the sameforgotten it since!
software many times. By the end of the6. Watch video tutorials
weekend, I was confidently fluent in the newIt's easy to learn from other people, and one of
language.the best ways to do this is by finding how to
3. Listen to musicvideos and tutorials. Learning a new piece of
Playing music in the background is a great way tosoftware becomes a piece of cake when you can
concentrate on learning. Find songs that boostsit in front of your computer, be talked through
your mood and help you focus. Mozart isthe process, see exactly what's on their screen
supposed to temporarily increase your intelligenceas they talk, and then repeat the actions yourself.
when you're listening to it. Brian Eno's Music forYou can do the same for playing a musical
Airports is another popular album.instrument, learning a foreign language, drawing,
4. Associationmaking things, learn new concepts, and more.
Associating new subjects with ones you know isHave a search around, you'll find hundreds of
a great way of learning. The most popularexamples online.