Shavuot is Zman Matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of the Torah. Here is a Mishnah from Pirkei Avot that describes the qualities that facilitate the acquisition of Torah. Which ones come naturally to you? Which ones don’t?
Torah is greater than the priesthood or sovereignty, for sovereignty is acquired with thirty virtues, the priesthood with twenty-four, and Torah is acquired with forty-eight qualities. These are:
1. Talmud (literally, “study”) (aka Total Awareness)
2. listening
3. verbalizing
4. comprehension of the heart
5. Amazement, awe
6. fear
7. humility
8. joy
9. purity
10. serving the wise
11. examining ideas with friends
12. teaching students
13. being deliberate
14. study of the Written Law
15. study of the Oral Law
16. minimizing engagement in business
17. harnessing the power of marriage
18. harnessing physical pleasure
19. minimizing sleep
20. conversation
21. laughter
22. conquering frustration
23. good heartedness
24. trusting Torah scholars
25. acceptance pain
26. knowing one’s place
27. satisfaction with one’s lot- the secret to happiness
28. protecting what is precious- the way you live your life
29. not taking credit for oneself
30. being beloved, likableness
31. loving Hashem (G‑d)
32. love of humanity
33. loving righteousness
34. love the straight path
35. loving to receive criticism
36. fleeing from honor
37. never being satisfied with your Torah learning
38. not taking decisions lightly
39. sharing in the burden of others (sensitivity to others)
40. judging others to the side of merit
41. living in reality (be reality oriented)
42. peace of mind (attaining inner peace)
43. fascination with living
44. analyzing the problem
45. listening and illuminating (expanding your ideas)
46. learning in order to teach
47. learning in order to do
48. wising one’s teacher wise
49. organizing your mind and thoughts
50. and saying something in the name of its speaker.
Thus we have learned: One who says something in the name of its speaker brings redemption to the world, as is stated (Esther 2:22), “And Esther told the king in the name of Mordechai.”
Rabbi Noach Weinberg gave over a wonderful series of lectures on each of the 48 ways. You can find it here- https://www.aish.com/sp/48w/
A Rabbi Sacks Message for Shavuot- Seasons of Love- http://rabbisacks.org/seasons-of-love-rabbi-sacks-on-shavuot/