by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation
I bought a piano about six months ago. It’s funny because I don’t really have any intention of being able to play the piano. All I want to do is learn to play my favourite songs and musical pieces. What about you? Would you like to play an instrument? Maybe not… But...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation, Practice
All things that give the results we desire function by following a system. A car engine, the weather and of course, learning. Each thing in the system process directly influences the next. One thing happens, it gives a result, and it starts a chain reaction of events....
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation, Psychology of learning
When I was twelve, my family and I moved to rural France. I started in a French school in March of 1993 knowing zero French. That first day of school was by far the most frightening day of my life. I remember sitting on the steps that went up to the headmaster’s...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation
So the time of year has come round again when many people make new year’s resolutions. Have you made one? I’ve always liked to think about and plan the year ahead but I never used to make resolutions. The last couple of years, however, I have started making them,...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation, Practice
I want you to think for a moment about whatever goals you may have in your life right now. What would you like to achieve this week? What about the next six months? The next five years? What about a life goal? Which of these are you working on right now? We all have...
by Adam David Broughton | | Motivation, Psychology of learning
When I was fourteen, the Tour de France went through my village in rural France. It was by far the event of the year. Not much tended to go through the village, except tractors or the odd lorry transporting sheep. The morning they were due to cycle through, all the...
