Autumn is a great time to pump yourself and learn something new. But you do not need to sit down for desks! We have selected 7 tools for you to help you immerse yourself in a new topic. Let's start?
Courses
With the development of the Internet, we have the opportunity to watch lectures by world-famous teachers, carry out assignments and move on to new levels in education. It is only necessary to determine the topic that you want to study and that has always been interesting to you, to find a course and immerse yourself in training. In Russian, excellent online courses offer "Netology", "Universarium", "Open Education". If you know English, then you can choose Coursera or Skillshare.
Typically, the courses are built on a classical approach, when the lecturer tells the theory, gives practice, answers your questions and checks the homework. At the end of the course you get a certificate, as well as a lot of new knowledge that you can apply in your professional life.
Wikipedia
Do you use Wikipedia often? Take the habit of looking every day on Wikipedia to learn something new. It will take no more than 15 minutes to study the article!
In addition, you can use the "Show random article" button, which will help to expand your knowledge.
YouTube
YouTube - is not only funny videos about seals and music videos. This is also a huge catalog of educational lectures and useful materials that will help you to pump in almost any field. The main plus of YouTube is that to create a video you need a minimum set of equipment, which means that you will be able to find materials both from authoritative experts and scientists, and from amateurs who try to understand this or that topic.
Go to YouTube, type in the query you are interested in and go over the results. You will immediately find some useful videos that will help you to understand the topic that interests you.
Creative notebooks
If you are determined to develop your creative skills, then pay attention to creative notebooks. This is a new approach to the development of their creative abilities.
They look like a book in which there is no familiar text, instead - a set of creative tasks that you must perform. You will have to observe, draw, study, do something with your own hands, dream, smile and much more.
Creative notebooks are a great way to get away from routine things, learn something new, and also to pump out your creative abilities. And since creative notebooks are completely based on practice, they will help you to put into practice things that you have put off for so long.
Mentoring
The most effective way to develop yourself is to find a mentor, that is, an experienced person who will be willing to spend his time helping you.
How to find a mentor? To begin with, choose one specific area of life that you want to improve. Then remember those who are successful in this area. If you do not know these, you can ask your friends or even arrange a poll on social networks. Once a person is selected, make a plan, how to get to know him. And do everything to do it.
If you find a mentor, it will greatly shorten the path to your goal. And if not, then you can always use other development tools yourself, which will replace your mentor. Good luck!