Category: Mentoring/Teaching

Following is a collection of links that may be of interest to you related to our current topic. Note, listing does not imply endorsement. Please evaluate for your own situation.

Encouragement — life-long learning is always in season

Benefits

Break it down — why learning is good for the whole person

Homeschooling — a mom on benefits of raising children who continue learning, hopefully motivating parents to lead by example

Not just for men — well-written encouragement to broaden our horizons

Heavy research — showing who and why and what results came of continuing education, personally and professionally

Resources

Online — 10 online educational sites

Udemy — a plethora of online classes

Following is a collection of links that may be of interest to you related to our current topic. Note, listing does not imply endorsement. Please evaluate for your own situation.

How To — a variety of ways to read

Making a Habit — you want to read, but are you?

It’s Important — “There is a reason societies and civilizations throughout history have treasured the written word. It is art—beautiful and awe-inspiring for its own sake. It deserves our attention, our contemplation. Literature’s imaginative and creative power—the way it opens our eyes and sharpens our perceptions of the world—is highly valuable and unique.”

Bite-sized recommendations — 3 books with daily snippets

How to Make Time — encouragement with benefits and tips to make a habit

“Real” Books — why a paper copy of a book may be better

Reading Old Books — the value an older book has over a new release…and more encouragement to read

A Further Summary of Benefits — Reader’s Digest weighs in

Audio Books — how listening can redeem time — And Again