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Ohh My Life #001 One Habit That Made Me A Consistent Learner
I’ve been reading for 20 minutes for > 90 days, consecutively. Here's how I did it.
Hello beautiful people! 🤘
Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri & Happy Holidays!
and welcome, 6 new friends to the Ohh My Life community! 😇
I’ve been reading for 20 minutes for > 90 days, consecutively.
I’ve been an on-and-off reader since young (much a frequent reader when I was young)until I came across the 5-hour rule. This rule was known widely in the case of Ben Franklin, who constantly set aside time (1 hour a day on every workday) to learn (read for Ben Franklin).
The 5-hour rule is broken into 3 parts: Learn, Reflect, Experiment.
Learn → Pick a skill you want to build; i.e. reading, programming, public speaking, etc.
Reflect → Think & ask yourself questions on the skill you learnt; i.e. what part am I weaker at? how can I improve? how can I apply this to other field?
Experiment → Execute & experiment FAST. Learn from the mistake & improvise (like The Lean Methodology, but yourself as the “product/service”)
Here are my OBSERVATIONS over the past 3 months.
I managed to build an “unconscious” habit of reading
I tend to read almost at the same time (noon, after lunch)
I, sometimes, missed a day or two, but would consciously get back to the reading habit
I’m learning, I’m really loving this feeling, really!
Here’s my SUGGESTIONS on how you can get started.
Pick a skill you WILL USE SOON OR applicable to current life (so you can experiment and see results)
Set SMALL COMMITMENT that you can definitely achieve every day (i.e. read for 20 mins instead of 1 hour)
TRACK your daily commitment (sharing the Habit Tracker I built)
SET TIME for reflections (mine reflection happens in the morning, so set yours, ideally when you at highest energy level + relaxed)
APPLY consciously your learnings to real-life (you’ll be amazed how relatable your learnings is to your life!)
Hope this is helpful for you!
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💖 MY FAVOURITE THINGS
📝 Article - The 5-Hour Rule Used by Bill Gates, Jack Ma and Elon Musk by Entrepreneur.In case you’re interested to read more about the 5-Hour Rule.
📽️ Video - How I Built A $6.5 Billion App Called Duolingo by CNBC Make It.Very insightful journey on leveraging creativity & intelligence to create positive impacts on community.
🎶 Playlist - Relaxing Music by relaxdaily (on YouTube).My go-to music to focus, relax, and everything in between.
💸 Tax Filing [deadline: 15 May 22]- Tax Filing Guide for 2021 by CompareHero.my.A quick reminder in case you haven’t done so 🙂
💭 QUESTION OF THE WEEK
What’s the ONE HABIT you can start doing today? Try doing it for 20 MINUTES.
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That’s all for this week. Stay awesome and see you next week!
To A Fulfilling Life,Ohh My Life
P.S. Sorry for sending the newsletter late this week. Neck pain has been bothering me for the past week.