How to Learn – and why
Learning, an important part of achieving anything in your career, is not a straight line. It is up and down like a roller coaster. Think about it. When you embark on a learning experience (taking on new tasks or clients, shifting your career path, moving to a new company), you enthusiastically start gathering information click by click […]
Is Stress Good or Bad For Learning?
In the past, it was believed that stress could increase our ability to learn and to be creative. This belief is behind students scurrying from one class to the next, and for employers to expect employees to perform at peak levels while burning the candle from both ends. However, recent research on the effects of […]
3 Questions That Will Change The Way You Learn
Whether you are about to sit through a long seminar, a short webinar or quick video, here is a great way to maximize your time, energy, effort and learning opportunity. Just before the listening or watching or even reading begins, ask yourself these 3 questions (exactly as written): What are 3 things I already knew […]
Circles Of Success
Most people think success and failure are total opposites of each other. Instead, I propose that we look at success and failure as concepts that travel in a circular motion. Using this viewpoint, each failure, if seen as an opportunity to learn, immediately becomes a success. And success becomes a failure if we don’t see […]
Teacher, Teacher
William Arthur Ward said: The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. If we swap the word “manager” for “teacher”, what kind of manager would you be? You’re a mediocre manager if you simply tell your staff what and when to do something. You’re a good manager […]