Three methods of learning: top down through formal lectures, bottom up through experience, and sideways through mindfulness. Mindful learning is open to the new, alert to differences, sensitive to the context, not afraid of multiple perspectives, and trying to be in the present as much as possible. It can follow distractions for discoveries, regard obstacles as opportunities, turn work into play—make 'have to' into 'get to'—and cherish honesty with oneself about how I learn best.

1. Photo by Thanh Mai Bui Duy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bichxa/3190444206/

2. Photo by ChabiGraphe - http://www.flickr.com/photos/xscheffer/8391595819/

3. Photo by the w.turner collection - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wt_collection/3359517414/

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5. Photo by Gianmaria Zanotti - http://www.flickr.com/photos/zanotti/324894615/

6. Photo by Khalid Al-khater If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours" - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bu7amd/3504462264/

7. Photo by Robert S. Donovan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/8482641188/

8. Photo by Gianni Dominici - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdominici/7639578166/

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12. Photo by Trey Ratcliff - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/4820290530/

13. Photo by Nana B Agyei - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanagyei/4391095134/

14. Photo by Evan Leeson - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecstaticist/3235464949/