Being a perpetual student means constantly feeding your mind with information so that you can grow. Every time you learn information and apply it to your life you are creating new neural pathways that will develop new habits, patterns and behaviors in your life. When you have the spirit of a student, you have a high teachability index and you understand that you cannot teach something until you have truly mastered it.
You actually learn more when you practically apply the information than when you are teaching it. This is a concept that Napoleon Hill addresses in The Law of Success. Trudeau speaks of the power of rereading and repeatedly listening to the philosophy. Growth comes from the development of the new neural pathways that gradually change the makeup of your mind. The action of spaced repetition of information focuses on using the same information, however every time you receive it interpretations are different because you are evaluating the facts in a new unit of time. As Trudeau puts it, you will be a different person tomorrow than you are today therefore you will be able to make new observations even when you are reading or listening to the same information.
Reflection Questions:
Have I ever read a book or listened to an audio series more than once? What happens as a result?
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