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• 1 What is Learning?

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• What things can you do when you get stuck analyzing the problem?

  1. Take a little break, 2. focus on something different & 3. Relax and take a walk.
  Taking your attention off of what you want to solve helps allow other neural modes to have access to the material. You won't be conscious of your brain continuing to work in the background on the problem--but it is!

• A very special method that keeps you focused is The Pomodoro Technique, What does it mean and how can you use it? 

  The Pomodoro technique is a time-management, time-boxing technique in which the focused-learning mode is utilized on some task or logically related tasks for 25 minutes continuously, with zero interruptions.
  
   It helps you focus on learning, and when you break/reward yourself, it helps you internalize what you went through during the Pomodoro session.

• The Pomodore doesn’t work if you;

  • Start doing more and more "Pomodoro" sessions back to back without any breaks in between.
    
    
  • Not rewarding yourself after the Pomodoro session, it is VERY important to do so. Repeated rewards help reprogram your brain so that you gradually grow to enjoy the work more.
    

• What is procrastination & how can you stop it?

  When you don't want to work on something, a sense of neural discomfort arises. The Pomodoro technique helps you to go through it.

• Who is suffering from procrastination & how to get rid of it?

  Everybody has some issues with procrastination. Even if you keep right on task by prioritizing and working on the most important things, you are still procrastinating on whatever you are not working on. But if you are properly prioritizing your work--and also allowing for a little relaxation time in your life!--your problems with procrastination can be minimized.

• What is the diffused mode like?

  Diffused mode is a more relaxed thinking state, one the the brain settles into at resting.

• What is true about sleeping & learning?

  
  Sleep has been shown to make a remarkable difference in your ability to figure out difficult problems and to understand what you are trying to learn.

• What happens when you don't get enough sleep?

  Taking a test without getting enough sleep means you are operating with a brain that’s got metabolic toxins floating around in it—poisons that make it so you can’t think very clearly.

• What's the effect on your brain if you sleep?

  When you sleep, your brain cells shrink, which allows toxins to be more easily washed away.

• What are the difference between Learning & Exercising?

  Learning is the act of acquiring new things. 
  Exercising is improving the new things you acquire.