People learn best in context. Things learned in isolation are hard to remember and quick to evaporate. We learn how to swim by swimming, how to manage by managing, how to sell by selling. Positive Emotions Greatly Improve Learning . Feelings determine both the quality and quantity of one's learning.
Negative feelings inhibit learning.
Positive feelings accelerated it. Learning that is stressful, painful, and dreary can't hold a candle to learning that is joyful, relaxed, and engaging. The Image Brain Absorbs Information Instantly and Automatically . The human nervous system is more of an image processor than a word processor. Concrete images are much easier to grasp and retain than are verbal abstractions.