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How to get into the right state of mind for learning (and life)...

31/7/2018

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One of the most powerful things I have learned in my life is that I have the ability to change my state of mind – anytime, anywhere.  I can choose to live, work and study in a positive state of mind. This literally has changed the way I live….
I am sure you are all able to recall the last time you were in a non-resourceful state – this is when you are worried, stressed, doubting, full of panic or anger, sad, resentful etc etc etc. When you are in one of these states of mind I am sure you have discovered that you are not able to do much, let alone learn very effectively.

Obviously if you are in a non-resourceful state of mind, it is no point trying to do your lessons, SO how can you change it?  The good news is that you can…..It is YOUR STATE OF MIND and that means that you have complete power and control over what goes in and what comes out. When you are in a resourceful state – you feel calm, competent and confident.  You feel good about your ability to learn and approach learning with confidence and positivity. 

You CAN choose to change your feelings and attitudes. You can create a confident, positive state of mind – whenever you choose and when you are in this state it will immediately make you more able to learn.  Don’t switch off and think that I am just talking about positive thinking – I want to challenge you to try using the following technique to change the way you learn.
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Use these simple steps:
Step 1:  Recall a time when you felt really successful – it can be either a key moment in your life or a fabulous learning experience/tutorial you had.  It may be a key work or personal moment; or when you had a tutorial and only spoke your new language – it all came easily.

Step 2: Now, go back to that memory and intensify it.  What did you see at that moment? What did you hear? What did you feel?  Recall the memory with emotion – use all your senses to create as much detail as possible.   You want to recreate the same feeling of success.

Step 3:  How do you feel? You should feel successful, competent, strong. Now visualise your language goal (see my previous blog) – again using all your senses.  Be in a Parisian café speaking to the waiter; around the family table in Russia talking to relatives – whatever means something to you.

Step 4:  Start your lesson/tutorial…….

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These steps can become a powerful resource to draw upon. A strong memory that is played over and over again will trigger a feeling of power inside you which you can use in the present time.  The picture and the feeling are inseparable - the picture is the stimulus – the feeling is the response.  See the picture, feel the feeling – replay the feeling and you’ve created a resourceful state of mind.
Good luck, Jo
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