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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to create a syllabus to direct your own learning.

Some of you are likely doing this for your kids right now, with widespread homeschooling during the coronavirus pandemic,

but you can do it as an adult too, and there's a lot of upsides to doing so.

As you can probably imagine, as a student, I always looked forward to course selection time

anything that combines scheduling with the possibility of learning new things is a big winner with me

I especially loved looking at the lists of what students would read and

study. Yep, I'm one of those people who really got into the syllabus.

That is, the outline of the subjects in a course of study.

Times are different now and it's been a long time since I've been in school.

But even if you're not an official student anymore, there's a lot to be said for taking a systematic approach to anything you want to learn,

just as teachers do when they create a syllabus. Craft an intentional plan.

Think about what resources make the most sense to help you, and you'll be a lot more likely to succeed.

This is true for just about any subject.

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