Acquiring the Habits of

Highly Successful Students

Part 1

By Herrera

We humans are innate learners, as learning is the cornerstone for survival. We must remember, abstract and apply knowledge in diverse (and often harsh) environments in order to develop into and behave as truly intelligent beings. In short, the adaptability and resilience we exhibit stems from learning. Now, a key issue to learning is the driving force behind it, i.e., the motivation or stimuli to learn. We can learn because of fear (we want to learn how to protect ourselves from danger.) We can learn just out of curiosity (our natural inquisitive behavior.) We can learn because we want to reach some social status (approval of others is a potent stimuli to learn.) We can learn simply because we love to learn new things every day. There are plenty of reasons to learn and yours may easily be a mixture of these. Health and money are important things in life, but learning is the base for using them wisely.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Learning is the cornerstone for survival.	Apply knowledge in abstract and diverse environments.	Adaptability and resilience stems from learning.
Key issue to learning is the driving force.	Either fear, curiosity, or social approval can be a motive for learning.	Can be a mixture of all or just for the love of learning.