Everybody has this problem, even it is for school or work or just because you want to learn something that may help in the future but you don't find kinda interesting and you just can't motivate yourself to learn it.
The best way is through videos and images if you already didn't know that.
We all know that when we watch a video or an image we will assimilate more information that we are going to read a page that contains the same information. That's why when we were children our parents showed us illustrated books because when we see the text under the image we can understand the meaning better. Also, the studies show us that people retain only 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, and 30% of what they see. Just imagine that you start to learn Photoshop reading a book instead of watching a tutorial video on youtube.
Also from the ''US Naval Education & Training Command. Navy Instructor Manual. August 1992, p. 25.'' we learn that when we watch a video our capability of retaining information is 70% and in some cases up to 90%.
That’s why almost all the time when, in college I’ve had an exam, and I needed to read some notes that eventually will make my eyes to close I searched that information on youtube or any other source that could provide me a video.
That’s why the majority of people who are not from a native English speaking country learned English from video games or watching movies.
Another problem is that the majority of people don't use the little things that they want to learn. They just read and read and read and that's all. A good example is math. You try to memorize all those formulas and wait to use them on the exam day, you are not trying to use them before that. That's why is better that even if you learn just 1% of the entire information to put it to use. Of course, now it depends on the information and how you use our creativity to put it to work.
