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Why Is Self-Learning So Difficult?
And what you can do to make it easier
A few days ago, my friend approached me to help her edit a video she had been working on. It was for a college assignment.
She told me that her free tier of the video editing service was ending in two days, and that she needed to finish it as soon as possible.
I asked her why she didn’t just purchase a subscription instead, as it was only a few dollars.
Her answer surprised me.
She said that the two day deadline was her motivation to complete the video as fast as she could.
Otherwise, she would end up taking weeks to finish it.
We all need a good reason to get something done. In school, we had to complete our homework so we wouldn’t get punished.
In college, we had to submit assignments on time if we wanted to pass the subject.
At work, every task needs to be completed by the deadline.
We do these things because we have to. Because if we don’t, we know that the consequences will be terrible.
I used to pull all-nighters at school on the day before the exam to cram all the material in one night.