Repetition

Learning is all about repetition. The more you hear something the more intuned it becomes.

Just think of all those song lyrics you have stored in the filing cabinet of your mind. Lyrics you didn't know you knew or lyrics you haven't heard for years. Suddenly the song comes on the radio and you find yourself singing along. Granted they might be a bit rusty, but if you were to listen again you would be singing along perfectly.

It is no different therefore when we learn a new skill. Take apprentices for example - they learn by repeatedly doing the same tasks.

Or a new language, a soft skill, technique, sport or anything else.

I realised this when to my surprise my two year old counted to eleven - completely out of the blue. I was amazed and couldn't work out why eleven and not ten. Until I realised that everyday we count the stairs as we walk up and down them - now ours is a weird house with eleven steps rather than the average 13. But hey. She can count because we do it everyday.

Then add to that she also knows that in her name L follows E as we are always spelling it to her. The more you say it, the more they hear it, the quicker they will learn.

The brain is a sponge. And we learn through repetition.