Self-directed learning unfolds our capacities immensely.
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I learn something new every day.
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We learn from school, university, society, organizations, seminars, and many other platforms. These learnings are essential, but they are mostly theoretical and theme-oriented, as I experienced.
Self-directed learning is completely different from methodical and organized learning. Self-directed learning, particularly after completion of formal education, is an open-ended mechanism for widening knowledge and making persisting myths, ambiguities, and narratives clear and possibly real.
My own experience with self-reading suggests the following, with some variation from topic to topic and issue to issue:
1. Reading one or two times, matter is understood by 30–40%.
2. When I take note of it, understanding goes up to 40 to 70%.
3. When I share what I learned from varying sources, my understanding is further improved, and that goes from 80 to 100%.
4. Going through what I have noted in my diary at intervals of a half-year or a year keeps the understanding fresh and purposeful.
5. When more clarity is gained, it is noted at the same place in my note book to keep myself updated from time to time.
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Going forward, I am adhering to some prescriptions in my self-learning processes, as under:
I firmly believe that I have to change myself first, and learning is the most effective tool for making desirable changes.
I also affirm that staying close to nature provides me with ample opportunities to learn about relationships among humans and other creations in nature. Many of us are hardly careful about these blessings.
I understand that my memory is my personal literature.
I know that learning is as vast as an ocean, and some drops of it may be taken by anyone curious to serve the public.
I do not like to be static and act to be dynamic all the time in the journey of learning.
I try not to stumble in learning and get the matter clarified, which may be after a considerable gap.
The predominance of myths and traditions forces me to refer to possible sources of information and share it with others at convenient moments.
I use the early hours of the day to learn the details of difficult issues. It is the best time to learn quickly.
The habit of daily reading is paying me noble dividends.
I insist on keeping the matter straight and not likely to be misinterpreted. It creates grounds for further learning.
I can say that knowing principles and theories is not enough in any walk of life.
I am always open to corrections. I pay attention to the words and actions of others, irrespective of class and culture, every time and everywhere in order to improve my own knowledge and understanding.
I celebrate learning anything new by sharing and keeping it in my personal records. Learning comes through repetition, and writing them concisely, either digitally or on pen and paper, lasts longer.
I never keep learning limited to the books of selected people, but I consult a variety of materials until it is settled on one horizon.
I am making efforts to modify habitual thinking gradually after reading numerous reading materials. I have attested in practical life to the notion that one gets what one strives for.
The saying of Socrates, "To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom," gave me strength to learn more.
I have my views and share them, but I never try to impose them.
Learning means scaling up awareness. This is a force that keeps me moving.
I am not averse to listening to a mentor, coach, or preacher. The point is, when I am able to read and understand to some extent, why not make my own efforts? Then go for more clarification and soundness.
Learning to show off is never on my mind.
Learning is not a sprint but a gradual process. So, learning something every day is part of my routine.
 Happy reading.