Seven Learning
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Our Mission

Our mission at Seven Learning is to make learning available to all. We debunk and reframe common misconceptions about learning, get you inspired to become a lifelong learner, and help you install the habits and mindsets required to make that happen.

Our Posts

  • Nothing is Inherently Difficult to Learn: Part 1
    by seven-learning
    Today we're going to be talking about learning, competence, and mastery. Specifically, we're going to cover a particular view of learning that I don't think is right. This view is that some subjects or areas or pursuits are easy to learn and others are hard to learn. I've found that if you believe this and… Read more: Nothing is Inherently Difficult to Learn: Part 1
  • The “HSK6 Gets You Halfway” Nonsense
    by seven-learning
    I wanted to write this post to critique the idea that reaching HSK6 level gets you halfway to fluent reading in Chinese. This idea comes from the famous post HSK 6 Gets You Halfway on the site Chinese The Hard Way. I love the site, and I like the spirit of the article, but it… Read more: The “HSK6 Gets You Halfway” Nonsense
  • The War Against Mastery
    by seven-learning
    The goal of this blog is to empower ourselves as learners, skill-builders and autodidacts. As such, we have to be aware of the outside influences that will hijack and jeopardise our learning efforts. We’ve spoken about learning myths, mindsets, and other crucial concepts that are strongly rooted in your own behaviour and mindsets. But learning… Read more: The War Against Mastery
  • Get Your Mindset Right
    by seven-learning
    We’re going to talk about the mental game of learning. Learning is extraordinarily psychological. Your mind is either your greatest ally or your greatest enemy on the learning journey. We have to pay exquisite attention to our mental state. If we get lost in negative self-talk, doubt, and victimhood, we’re in no position to learn… Read more: Get Your Mindset Right
  • The Top Learning Myths
    by seven-learning
    There are many learning-related myths that we need to unweed from your mind before you become a prolific learner. Any belief that says “I can’t do it because….” nullifies our capacity for mastery. And almost all beliefs of this kind have some kind of myth behind them. The Age Myth We tend to believe that if… Read more: The Top Learning Myths
  • Exercises for Dialling In Your Mentality
    by seven-learning
    Mentality is the foundation for successful learning. If your mentality is negative and disempowering, it'll eventually hamper or destroy all your attempts at mastering your pursuit. If it's positive and empowering, you'll overcome many of the common obstacles on the learning journey and be a lot more likely to succeed. Here are three great exercises… Read more: Exercises for Dialling In Your Mentality
  • The Importance of Learning
    by seven-learning
    We’re going to talk about the importance of learning in this article. There are around half a dozen great reasons why learning is a great idea for your development as a person. Let's get right to them. Open Your Aperture Let’s go back a few thousands years to when there were no huge cities, the… Read more: The Importance of Learning
  • What is Learning?
    by seven-learning
    In this article, the very first published on Seven Learning, we dig back into your past a little bit. Let’s go back to high school. Okay, don’t get carried away, I don’t have a Dolorian! Nevertheless, we're going to examine your past from afar. Emptying Your Past Take a moment to sit quietly so that… Read more: What is Learning?