The Key To Good Study Habits

It's all too easy to find yourself in bad habits (and good ones too). Simple repetition is generally all you need to ingrain in your brain a way of doing, a way of acting, a way of thinking. If those are good habits, we're hopefully successful and we all compliment ourselves on our wisdom. But good or bad, we continue to act just the same - the definition of a habit really.In relation to the field of learning, we'd need to specify what we mean by good study habits - and I would say that they would be those habits that enable us to absorb and hold on to information in the most effective way. So if we are focused on developing our learning skills, we have to come up with effective methods that we are able to replicate naturally to good effect. Does that make sense I hope so.What are the study habits to avoid?Basically, continuing attempting to learn and study in the wrong way, in a way that does not work. And I believe that means learning in a manner that does not match how our brains operate.What will probably happen - rather reasonably - is that in attempting comprehend and take on board a lot of information, we put important facts and ideas into 'boxes', we classify them, pigeonhole them. That sounds fine - except that is not how our brains are structured to work. And what's the result Difficulties.So what is a better way?It's well known now that the power of our brains comes from the billions of connections between cells, and by learning we create, alter and develop those connections and pathways. If we can organise our learning in the same way - by making connections between new and old ideas, by relating what is new to what we already know, then we end up working with our brains rather than against them.And when we discover that this works, we practice it and it starts to become more normal to us. The result We've put good study habits in the place of the previous poor ones.Right. Where do we go nextNeedless to say, if you haven't got a teacher that can help you through this personally, you will have to search for a course for yourself. There's an abundance of information on the internet, but then you are confronted by the same old problem of sorting out the decent information from the bad.As is so typical, there are plenty of people who write about this who really have no idea what they are talking about, or who cannot put over the ideas effectively. Google is not really much help here in sorting out the good from the bad.Far better in my opinion is to check out one of the professional blogs that are set up to review and suggest courses. An expert will have done the hard work for you, and will present the various alternatives, their pros and cons, so that you can choose the best one for you.You will save yourself a huge amount of time - and much heart ache and aggravation - if you look into this properly at the outset.But I believe that good study habits are so well worth bothering to cultivate - the hassle will repay you handsomely.