Accelerate the Learning Curve for More Success and Less Stress

Written by Susan Dunn, MA, Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach


Downsizing and technological advances put demands on us to learn more and learn it faster. As support staff and auxiliary positions disappear, job functions are consolidated, teamwork becomesrepparttar norm, and computer and other technologies keep proliferating, we are faced with a stressful amount of new things to learn in a diminishing amount of time.

Yetrepparttar 130338 faster you can learn new things,repparttar 130339 more valuable you will be to your employer, andrepparttar 130340 more likely you’ll be to advance in your career. It isn’t an option these days.

WHAT LEARNING CURVES HAVE IN COMMON

What can you do to accelerate your learning curve and increase your value to your employer? The interesting thing is that there are things all learning curves have in common, whether you’re learning how to facilitate team work, learning a new software program, learning a new language, or learning how to negotiate. The better you understandrepparttar 130341 mechanics of THE learning curve,repparttar 130342 better you’ll be able to deal withrepparttar 130343 individual ones that come along, and this is part of Emotional Intelligence.

GETTING RID OF THE FEAR

If you think back on things you’ve learned inrepparttar 130344 past, you’ll probably realize that one ofrepparttar 130345 things that slowed you down was fear. I can certainly think of examples in my own case.

An example of how fear can slow you down is evident if you’ve watched a young child learn how to ski. A child doesn’t fear failure nor success, nor do they fear falling down. New things are an every day occurrence for a child, and this is justrepparttar 130346 next one. In learning to ski, they fall repeatedly and bounce back like a rubber ball. They consider it all fun. Thus there is nothing slowing downrepparttar 130347 learning except their ability to masterrepparttar 130348 motor skills. What a relief!

Many ofrepparttar 130349 Emotional Intelligence competencies facilitate learning. One of them is flexibility. The skiing example shows a sort of physical flexibility, but this is applicable to mental tasks as well. We don’t all learn bestrepparttar 130350 same way. You may be sent to a seminar or training that doesn’t fit your learning style. If you’re flexible, and have learned how to learn (the learning curve), you’ll be able to shape things to your own benefit.

Take learning a new software program, for instance, something many of us are faced with almost monthly. One person may learn better by readingrepparttar 130351 manual, while another may do better by being shown. Yet another may be used torepparttar 130352 “throw them torepparttar 130353 wolves method,” or by hearing a tape or looking at an interactive video onrepparttar 130354 computer screen.

This has to do with your innate learning style which can be discovered through an assessment such asrepparttar 130355 StrengthsFinder® profile, by working with a coach, or by analyzing your own history. Generally when left to your own devices, you’ll do what comes naturally to you, which will always berepparttar 130356 quickest and easiest way for you to learn.

LEARNING HISTORIES

A client I’ll call Alicia learned how to type when she was 6 years old. Her mother let her ‘play’ onrepparttar 130357 family typewriter. Byrepparttar 130358 time she got to high school and took a typing class which attempted to teach her “touch typing,” it was too late to unlearnrepparttar 130359 old ways, yet she keyboards at over 100. Would anyone complain aboutrepparttar 130360 method?

The Healing Conscious

Written by Kifle Bantayehu


- "The Healing Conscious" tellsrepparttar story of an Ethiopian immigrant boy on his fascinating journey to America and adulthood. Author Kifle Bantayehu, a 23 year-old second-generation Ethiopian immigrant, recounts this poignant tale in poetic format. His inspirational collection of poems reflectsrepparttar 130334 final words and thoughts of a dying man who traveled acrossrepparttar 130335 world, raised a family and became successful-finally fulfillingrepparttar 130336 American dream.

These poems, written in a uniquely modern style, reflect a journey of sacrifice, courage and strength. "The ideals of cultural preservation, respect and love intertwine with each person encountered alongrepparttar 130337 narrator's journey and serve as inspiration to all people, regardless of race religion or sex," statesrepparttar 130338 introduction ofrepparttar 130339 book.

Bantayehu says there have been very few work works of poetry written and published by Ethiopian authors. And he feels as though he's breaking new ground for this genre of literature by combiningrepparttar 130340 English language with Ethiopian culture.

"The Healing Conscious" is available for pre-order at Borders and Barnes & Noble. It's also available online at Amazon.com and books.lulu.com at discounted pricing. Part ofrepparttar 130341 proceeds from book sales will be donated to Ethiopian Children's and Orphans' Association, Inc. (ECOA), 46664, Africare,repparttar 130342 African AIDS Initiative and other organizations working to promote HIV awareness and helping those affected in Sub-Saharan and East Africa.

Bantayehu says he wroterepparttar 130343 book-which is based onrepparttar 130344 lives of his parents- to tellrepparttar 130345 compelling story of an immigrant, who through much pain and sacrifice, was able to leave his homeland of Ethiopia with an equally-strong and motivated woman, and raise four children inrepparttar 130346 best possible environment for education, opportunity and happiness.

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