Comments on: Learning Things That Captivate http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/ Knowledge comes from inspiration - one bit at a time Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-11596 Vivien Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:21:22 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-11596 Hi Ina, Thanks so much for your inspiring and kind words. I agree that it's up to us to make this world to be a better place, and we shouldn't just complain about things not working the way we would like them to be but stand up and do something about it. It's always easy to criticize, it's much harder to create. Hi Ina,
Thanks so much for your inspiring and kind words. I agree that it’s up to us to make this world to be a better place, and we shouldn’t just complain about things not working the way we would like them to be but stand up and do something about it. It’s always easy to criticize, it’s much harder to create.

]]> By: Ina http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-11540 Ina Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:25:59 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-11540 Hi Vivien and you readers out there, As I mentioned already I just love your blog Vivien! Very easy on the eye, on the mind and on the soul... . I feel life is all about learning and the moment we stop learning we have stopped growing, living and are just lower than the animals... It takes courage, perception and focus to acknowledge our strengths, hidden in that first nature (may be!), as it was said before, and develop them as much as poss. There is no limit to that. I love learning too and at school there wasn't a subject I didn't do well at as was (am a) very curious creature. Still have my interests that change over time , many just pop out of the blue and make me think "What the...?! How did I ever get hooked into that!!!" ...but only to discover that they are all in the same direction, studying the human nature, my own nature and wanting to learn more about it for mine and others sakes...This is where all this crazy things I learn are taking me... With the global Knowledge expanding we never can suspect what turn our life and interests are going to take when the next big/or small thing is manifested into existence....like the internet for example, I mean who would even imagine such a thing 20 years back!!! (Apart from afew visionaries). And blogging, for goodness sakes!!! Who on earth is going to spend hours just writing a diary the whole world can see!!! Isn't the whole purpose of a diary privacy!:)And now we are all at the point of no return…. and God knows what the next will be…It is just AMAZING!!! I LOVE IT!!!! But we move the civilization forward, Our yarning for knowledge is the bestest thing there is!!! As the old saying goes: The more I learn the less I know....:) Glad, very, extremely glad you guys are out there. Just go for it! (What ever that may be as long as it benefits humanity :)) We are all making this world a better place :)Think it’s cheesy!! Nah!!! It is the truith! Thank you all for contributing to my life! Yours, Ina Hi Vivien and you readers out there,

As I mentioned already I just love your blog Vivien!

Very easy on the eye, on the mind and on the soul…
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I feel life is all about learning and the moment we stop learning we have stopped growing, living and are just lower than the animals…
It takes courage, perception and focus to acknowledge our strengths, hidden in that first nature (may be!), as it was said before, and develop them as much as poss. There is no limit to that.

I love learning too and at school there wasn’t a subject I didn’t do well at as was (am a) very curious creature. Still have my interests that change over time , many just pop out of the blue and make me think “What the…?! How did I ever get hooked into that!!!” …but only to discover that they are all in the same direction, studying the human nature, my own nature and wanting to learn more about it for mine and others sakes…This is where all this crazy things I learn are taking me…

With the global Knowledge expanding we never can suspect what turn our life and interests are going to take when the next big/or small thing is manifested into existence….like the internet for example, I mean who would even imagine such a thing 20 years back!!! (Apart from afew visionaries). And blogging, for goodness sakes!!! Who on earth is going to spend hours just writing a diary the whole world can see!!! Isn’t the whole purpose of a diary privacy!:)And now we are all at the point of no return…. and God knows what the next will be…It is just AMAZING!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

But we move the civilization forward, Our yarning for knowledge is the bestest thing there is!!! As the old saying goes: The more I learn the less I know….:)

Glad, very, extremely glad you guys are out there. Just go for it! (What ever that may be as long as it benefits humanity :)) We are all making this world a better place :)Think it’s cheesy!! Nah!!! It is the truith! Thank you all for contributing to my life!

Yours, Ina

]]> By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5124 Vivien Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:18:10 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5124 Well said, Paul - "change lanes" and move forward, otherwise the Earth would be filled with people like Paris Hilton, who think that if they change the tone of their voice, they'll be perceived more seriously by others. Well said, Paul - “change lanes” and move forward, otherwise the Earth would be filled with people like Paris Hilton, who think that if they change the tone of their voice, they’ll be perceived more seriously by others.

]]> By: Paul Enderson http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5094 Paul Enderson Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:50:35 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5094 I'm another one who doesn't learn something unless it fascinates me. The problem with that is that I have a short attention span, and I'm easily distracted - so on occasions I've been known to drop something I've been learning to work on something new! I've also recently learnt that life is far too short to ever get stuck in a rut. If you're not moving forward (at work, in a relationship, personally) then change lanes! This is much simpler to do then most people realise! ;) I’m another one who doesn’t learn something unless it fascinates me. The problem with that is that I have a short attention span, and I’m easily distracted - so on occasions I’ve been known to drop something I’ve been learning to work on something new!

I’ve also recently learnt that life is far too short to ever get stuck in a rut. If you’re not moving forward (at work, in a relationship, personally) then change lanes! This is much simpler to do then most people realise! ;)

]]> By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5065 Vivien Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:52:56 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5065 You know, Joey, when I was at school I was interested in pretty much everything. But of course some things I liked much better than the others, but overall I wasn't an unhappy pupil. Tara, you're absolutely right - there were many different things that I thought I'll never be interested in (e.g. blogging), but once I get to know them better, I am hooked. Adam, thanks so much for explaining about the first nature - it makes so much sense. I now recall reading/hearing smth about it long time ago. Fascinating. Simonne, I knew you'd like that song ;-) Lauren, I see you're a big Picasso fan. Well, I can't blame you for that, he was an artist with a capital A. Have you seen that movie, "Surviving Picasso"? It's interesting to learn more about his life and relationship with women. Apparently they were all spellbound by him. You know, Joey, when I was at school I was interested in pretty much everything. But of course some things I liked much better than the others, but overall I wasn’t an unhappy pupil.

Tara, you’re absolutely right - there were many different things that I thought I’ll never be interested in (e.g. blogging), but once I get to know them better, I am hooked.

Adam, thanks so much for explaining about the first nature - it makes so much sense. I now recall reading/hearing smth about it long time ago. Fascinating.

Simonne, I knew you’d like that song ;-)

Lauren, I see you’re a big Picasso fan. Well, I can’t blame you for that, he was an artist with a capital A. Have you seen that movie, “Surviving Picasso”? It’s interesting to learn more about his life and relationship with women. Apparently they were all spellbound by him.

]]> By: LaurenMarie http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5061 LaurenMarie Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:35:46 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5061 "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." That is probably my favorite Picasso quote. I love learning new things (yes, I must be interested in the subject, too). I find myself learning so much more in these past months since I have graduated than I feel like I learned when I was in school! And I have become excited about learning and have even gone back to some of my text books (non-traditional ones, like Real World Photoshop) and started reading them. I think I would've done well at a Montessori school, with self-directed learning. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” That is probably my favorite Picasso quote. I love learning new things (yes, I must be interested in the subject, too).

I find myself learning so much more in these past months since I have graduated than I feel like I learned when I was in school! And I have become excited about learning and have even gone back to some of my text books (non-traditional ones, like Real World Photoshop) and started reading them. I think I would’ve done well at a Montessori school, with self-directed learning.

]]> By: Simonne http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5054 Simonne Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:57:20 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5054 Thank you, Vivien, I liked the song very much. Thank you, Vivien, I liked the song very much.

]]> By: Adam Kayce : Monk At Work http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5038 Adam Kayce : Monk At Work Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:30:33 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5038 Sounds like you've got a full plate, there... <i>(as someone who also has lots of interests, and two kids, I know where you're coming from!)</i> The piece you said about "second nature" and "first nature" reminds me of a Sufi teaching about that — they say "second nature" is all the stuff we've learned since being born, and "first nature" is that primordial, original essence that our souls were created with. (It's the spiritual journey, then, to 're-discover' that original nature, and be conscious that that's who we are, more than the other stuff...) Thanks for joining in the meme, too — I'll have you at the top of my next round of updates. Sounds like you’ve got a full plate, there… (as someone who also has lots of interests, and two kids, I know where you’re coming from!)

The piece you said about “second nature” and “first nature” reminds me of a Sufi teaching about that — they say “second nature” is all the stuff we’ve learned since being born, and “first nature” is that primordial, original essence that our souls were created with. (It’s the spiritual journey, then, to ‘re-discover’ that original nature, and be conscious that that’s who we are, more than the other stuff…)

Thanks for joining in the meme, too — I’ll have you at the top of my next round of updates.

]]> By: Tara http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5035 Tara Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:13:43 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5035 I'm like you too, I can only learn what I am interested in. I am terrible at stuff like trivial pursuits as I know a lot about certain subjects (the ones I am interested in) but nothing else. Nobody would ever want me in there quiz team either. I was always reasonably academic at school - apart from in a couple of subjects I wasn't interested in and teachers often commented on how obvious it was which subjects I liked. I do however think what interests you can change. When I first started out in graphic design I wasn't interested in computers - now I like them as I have gradually learned how to use them. When a company I worked for bought me a modem as a present on 1996, I thought what do I want one of those for??? Now you can't keep me off the internet. Learning about something can trigger an interest you never thought you would have. I’m like you too, I can only learn what I am interested in. I am terrible at stuff like trivial pursuits as I know a lot about certain subjects (the ones I am interested in) but nothing else. Nobody would ever want me in there quiz team either.
I was always reasonably academic at school - apart from in a couple of subjects I wasn’t interested in and teachers often commented on how obvious it was which subjects I liked.

I do however think what interests you can change. When I first started out in graphic design I wasn’t interested in computers - now I like them as I have gradually learned how to use them. When a company I worked for bought me a modem as a present on 1996, I thought what do I want one of those for??? Now you can’t keep me off the internet. Learning about something can trigger an interest you never thought you would have.

]]> By: Joey http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5003 Joey Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:42:53 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/learning-things-that-captivate/#comment-5003 I think when we were in school is one of the last times we can learn stuff that doesn't interest us. I think in your job you can learn things you are not interested in but you probably have an interest to keep your job or be one of the best at it. Inspirational people keep learning themselves while they help others. Man that sounded kind of cheesy. I think when we were in school is one of the last times we can learn stuff that doesn’t interest us. I think in your job you can learn things you are not interested in but you probably have an interest to keep your job or be one of the best at it.

Inspirational people keep learning themselves while they help others. Man that sounded kind of cheesy.

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