The 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners tutorial made me think about learning a little bit differently than I have before. Habit #3, viewing problems as challenges, is one of the easiest for me. Problem-solving has always been fun for me, because it's like a puzzle. When someone feeds me information, I might think about a little and remember for a while, but it never last as long as when I have to solve a problem to get the information.
Habit #1, beginning with the end in mind, is much harder for me. I don't like to over-analyze problems or tasks, I much prefer to jump in and figure out where I want to end up later. This often leads to learning a little bit about a lot of things, and not necessarily taking on larger projects. The most obvious way to see this in myself is my foreign language ability. I've always been fascinated by other languages, and have studied quite a few at the elementary level, but I've never set a firm goal that I want to be fluent in another language, so I've never pushed myself to pursue a single language past the 'conversational' level.
Hmm. Something to work on. :)
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