30-04-2016 10:00 via theguardian.com

The key to learning a new skill? Wanting it badly enough

Learning is all about motivation. When we really want to learn something, we generally succeed, even when the going gets toughImagine I gave you a book full of words, numbers and strange symbols – 150-odd pages of the stuff. Some of the things relate to each other in obvious ways, others not so much. Now suppose I’m going to test you: 50 questions about the contents of that book, how do you think you’d do?Well, if you can drive a car, chances are you’ve already done very
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