If you think back on the teachers that you've…
If you think back on the teachers that you've had, it is likely that in more cases you will remember teachers then you will remember the subjects that they taught you. Remember this. It's a very important point. You will learn more and remember more and understand more when you are being taught by a great teacher then not. You can be your own great teacher and teach yourself different subjects in the same way. It is not always that these teachers are enjoyable and fun. Sometimes they are teaching you values they are teaching you discipline etc. The best teachers are the one that teach themselves. Never stop learning. The day you stop learning is the day that you die mentally. Look at people that you admire and learn from them.
— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)
In the book
The first engine, once you believe change is possible, is learning — and I want to be emphatic about this, because it is the engine I have leaned on hardest my whole life. The day you stop learning is the day you die mentally. The happiest and most successful people I have ever known are lifelong learners; they never stop asking questions and never cease to find wonder in the world around them, whether they are fifteen or a hundred and fifteen. […] Adopt the growth mindset on purpose. When you hear yourself say "I can't," add the word yet; treat effort as the road to mastery rather than proof you lack talent; read your failures as information about where to push, not verdicts on your worth; and actively seek out the negative feedback most people flee. Be a lifelong learner. Set aside time every single day for it, and never stop, because the day you stop is the day you die mentally; be your own great teacher; learn from the giants who came before you, and love the truth enough to admit when you are wrong. Leave the comfort zone deliberately. Don't log the same easy flight forever; find exactly where your ability breaks down and train precisely there, with clear goals and honest measurement, aiming not just to reach your potential but to build it, and growing by small increments rather than waiting for one heroic leap. […] So here is what I ask of you. Treat your own mind as something you are responsible for growing until the very end — never let a year go by in which you did not get better at something. When you fail, and you will, hear it as instruction and answer it with the word yet. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)