Learn with curiosity
By Oswaldo Koch

In most cases success comes through understanding and fixing our mistakes rather than getting things right first time. Expose yourself to lots of different ideas and try different approaches, on the grounds that failure is common. Do not get discouraged if ideas or concepts seem too difficult to understand. Relax: just sit, reflect, or slow down. Once you find great information, then meditate. Do nothing. Let the thoughts come to you. Start with the basics, and work upward.

Sometimes you have to read an article a few times before you even begin to understand it. Some people think in pictures, some learn best by listening, others like to learn by doing. In any case, enjoy the process of learning and understanding, and do not be afraid to tackle concepts you have never seen before. It's in your nature to learn and when you feel that you have already become an expert in your field, working on it for so long, keep innovating to keep the fire burning!

The following 5 steps will help you learn with curiosity:

1. Engage your feeling - We remember more vividly information that comes to us in an emotionally aroused state. Linking feelings, senses and imagery to bland ideas makes them more real. We used to counted on your fingers when learning numbers, in the same way, we should use our senses when we are thinking and learning
   
   
2. Visualize and Trace Back - Put away your books and start with a random fact or concept. Then relate that idea to another concept in your subject. Keep doing this tracing pattern until you've linked many ideas together. The name Yoga reminds you of India which reminds you of Gandhi, reminding you of "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
   
   
3. Write to Analyze - Take a piece of paper and write out the connections in the information. Reorganize the information into different patterns. Find ways to group information into smaller chunks of memory through pictures or mnemonics. Scribble and use abbreviations to link the ideas together.
   
   
4. Learning through Diagram - Create diagrams showing the relationships between ideas. This is a manual way you can create connections. The importance is that you explore as many different ways to connect ideas as possible, not just repeating the same diagrams. If you have varied connections, then if you happen to forget one, you'll remember the ideas through another.
   
   
5. Teach to learn - Explain ideas to yourself as you would to a ten year old. The idea is that you should be able to simplify an idea enough so it seems obvious to yourself. Keep your ideas simple simple. Good ideas are often simple ones, and this rule applies to good learning as well.

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As this emotion represents a thirst for knowledge, curiosity is a major driving force behind the design of nature, which is easy to observe in humans and many other animal species.

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Tuna Olive Salad
(Recipe for 2 servings)

Ingredient

• 1 (7 ounce) can solid white tuna packed in water, drained
• 2 cups of clean mixed greens - lettuce and spinach
• 1 large avocado (cut into small dices)
  
• 3 halves olives (Kalamata olives)
  
• 1 ounce of feta cheese (cut into small dices)
  
• 1/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 tablespoon of dried parsley
  
• 1 tbsp. light mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp. plain yogurt
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients. Whisk to combine. Gradually whisk in oil. Taste and adjust for seasoning.

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