How to get yourself to study?

For me personally, the incentive learning is an example of a more capable (read successful) counterparts.
Also considered a very important competition, seeing beyond their swamps, it is difficult to understand the need for some action, "and so happy with everything..."
Everything else that you can add, banal truth. (do not neglect sleep, not to eat at night, not to motiti on entertainment (take the wife to sea)).
WBR

First understand what you want to educate themselves on the basis of the above example:
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> have a personal time for self-education (e.g. learning java)
to just learn java and then use ??
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if the former, those to the situation just from your region, the brain thinks what it to him
if the latter, then put a goal: in addition to learning to do this or that. Then put a goal, break the steps up to her part and try to prescribe the time when and how should these parts are made. One thing you have to do is follow the plan and see little results when reaching these stages. TC if not though-any positive result (ie achieve at first one step, then another, and so on), the common goal looms very far and sooner or later, "blown away"
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In this case, you must stress that to achieve these small private goals, in order then to come to the General.

an example of a more capable (read successful) counterparts

including such readings leave a lot of time, damn it at least some kind of firewall in the brain to put yourself, the mind is ready to do anything not to study...

I understand that the author is not working?

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I agree with the best is to take a project that needs to be run for example on unfamiliar to you the Java. But on the other hand the importance of the project should not be very serious, because the first time IMHO qualitatively and quickly can not be done. He will be some sort of incentive, encouraging. The same deadlines. Mentally able to estimate: but so much I need to study it, and tomorrow I'll do that... i.e. understand one's pretty good incentive.
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Of course a very good "kick up the backside" if you will someone else to examine it, and he will have more desire and motivation, more activity. It is also spurs, especially when hurt (kindly of course) that he knows more that he's gone that he's prepared. I get those a lot.
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So in conclusion I will say: important discipline. Without it anywhere. IMHO, here the optimal strategy is to choose the time, even you can schedule individual lessons, and each time put a tick — session. This will be some clarity of your actions — also greatly helps.

No way. IMHO. While he really does not want to, nothing will help. I in this plan helps the hobby — i.e. are addicted to an exciting challenge and went to bury, to read, to try. The main thing that return was the result of your new knowledge is seen as early as possible. Although it is just interesting to read for General information.