Old dogs learn new tricks

Old dogs learn new tricks - it'sa a cinch if you know how - according to David Robson (New Scientist)

David Robson itemizes 3 points that make an adult learner as good as (and sometimes better than) a child learner.

He says ideas do get fossilised over time, and its actually the adults lifestyle that may be the biggest obstacle to learning. And this includes their perfectionism.

To counteract that

when the adult 1) keeps fit

                       2) uses that spare time to learn something rather than blob in front of TV or dream off when                               waiting at the bus stop

                        3) throw yourself into a task rather than agonising over all the details 

                        4) use a carousel approach by rotating through different skills you need rather than                                             practising endlessly over one small component of the task

QU: You may ask why this is all relevant here? 

ANS: You are learning a new you, so you need new ways of dealing with new skills.