Developing Yourself:

Achievement Management

Continuous Learning

How People Learn and Grow through Learning

Two Components of Learning

Learning requires both intellectual and emotional intelligence.

Jesus on Love

Knowledge and ritual without compassion is empty... More

I've Learned...

By: Andy Rooney

I've learned... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person... More

The Four Most Deadly Words

By: Kevin Wilke

There are 4 words that are so deadly, that if you are using them, it almost guarantees you will not be nearly as successful as you want to be.

If you use these 4 words it practically prevents you from being successful. What are they?

"I already know that."... More

Humorous Quotes

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." – Derek Bok  ... More

Why Continuous Learning?

In today's rapidly changing economy, the key to success is not what you know, but how fast you can learn. Your outer world of results will always correspond to your inner world of preparation and learning.

Confucius about Knowledge and Learning

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom... More

Growing Need for Continuous Learning

Today, "the world is changing so rapidly that by the time we learn something, it has often changed in some way, shape or form... We want satisfaction, proof that even though life is moving quickly, we are gaining on it and we are making a difference."⁴

Steve Jobs' 12 Rules of Success

12. Learn continually. There's always "one more thing" to learn! Cross-pollinate ideas with others both within and outside your company. Learn from customers, competitors and partners. If you partner with someone whom you don't like, learn to like them – praise them and benefit from them... More

Learning and Forgetting

The most important main idea in learning and forgetting is to understand that both processes are activity dependent. The more something is repeated, the better the "learned" response. Similarly, once learned, the less it is used, the greater the forgetting. Just-in-case learning (where you learn everything just-in-case you need it in the future) is predicated on ignoring the forgetting process.¹¹

Lifelong Learning (LLL)

Lifelong learning is  learning in which a person engages throughout his or her life. It includes both formal and informal education. As new know knowledge is created and disseminated increasingly faster, terminology and definitions of lifelong learning (LLL) have developed in line with the shift of emphasis away from the system (in lifelong education) to the learner (in lifelong learning).

Cultural Intelligence and Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges

Culture is often at the root of communication challenges. Exploring historical experiences and the ways in which various cultural groups have related to each other is key to opening channels for cross-cultural communication. Becoming more aware of cultural differences, as well as exploring cultural similarities, can help you communicate with others more effectively. Next time you find yourself in a confusing situation, ask yourself how culture may be shaping your own reactions, and try to see the world from the other's point of view... More

Learning Environment

A constructivist learning environment is a place where people can draw upon resources to make sense out of things and construct meaningful solutions to problems. It emphasizes the importance of meaningful, authentic activities that help the learner to construct understandings and develop skills relevant to solving problems.

Interactive Learning

The mutual exchange of tacit and explicit knowledge describes the knowledge creation process. During the socialization mode of learning¹⁰, tacit knowledge is transferred through interactions between individuals, which may also be accomplished in the absence of language. You may learn and gain a sense of competence by observing behavior modeled by others. For example, coaching, mentoring and apprenticeships instruct tacitly through observation, imitation, and practice... More

Learning by Doing

You learn from experience. "The richest seam for learning is the real opportunities, issues, difficulties and successes that people have.

There is no need to separate learning and doing."³ The didactic approach - first you learn and then you do it - and didactic training which companies spend their money on makes little difference if it not combined with real time development, i.e. bringing about learning and change at the same time - not separating the two.

"Most people learn far more from working with their own reality, the 'here and now' and how they want to change this, although it can be very challenging. In comparison, the didactic approach is comfortable and, because of the lack of challenge it is relatively boring and tends to be fundamentally disempowering."³

Failure as a Learning Opportunity

Failure provides a great learning opportunity and should be viewed as a very lifeblood of success. "Although most people hate to be labeled a failure and love to be labeled a success, it is only through seeming failure that most of life's greatest successes are achieved. Usually, "failure" or "success" is almost entirely in the eye of the beholder... Failure is very often a misperception about the difference between what exists and goes unnoticed (such as growth and learning when we fall short of reaching a goal) and what is realized later (longer term success)."⁶

Turning Failures To Opportunities: 3 Steps

1. Get rid of all negative emotions – and lean: There is no failure, only feedback!... More

The Power of Simplicity

"Simplicity works because it is based on human nature and common sense."⁵ It helps people work smarter.

In learning, we want things fast, but we don't have time to study. Simple ideas from people who have done simple things and achieved great results make this high-speed race more manageable. They enable you to get started in small, immediate ways that make a difference, confident that you will make progress if you take the initiative to act.⁴

Learn from Feedback

To make good use of feedback, take notice of it in all its forms. Put all feedback in a curiosity frame: ask yourself how you can use it to avoid failures, or to repeat successes... More

12 Active Listening Tips

• Be aware of biases and perceptions. Control your biases and validate your assumptions.

• Encourage the speaker, provide feedback and paraphrase to show you are listening... More

Memorization Problems: Solved!

By: Memory Improvement Techniques

Memorization techniques boil down to two basic things? These are ways on how you focus your attention and create a meaning in correspondence to the information or object you store in your memory.

With memory techniques, you encourage your mind to be creative while utilizing your innate memory skills... More

Attending Seminars

Explicit knowledge may be exchanged during meetings or conferences in which a diversity of knowledge sources combine to shape a new and enhanced conception. Look for learning opportunities and attend as many seminars as you can. You can often save yourself hundreds of hours of reading and researching by attending a seminar given by an authority in his or her field. You can learn ideas, techniques and methods that can save you hours, days, even months of hard work and research on your own.⁷

 Case in Point  Ten3 Smart Learning – Fast Learning Without Forgetting

In 2005, Ten3 Business e-Coach introduced a revolutionary concept of Ten3 Smart Learning fast inspirational learning without forgetting. In this title, SMART stand for Synergistic, Motivational, Achievement-oriented, Rapid, and Technology-enabled.

Learning through repetition is the one aspect of studying that most people know – and dread. Without repetition, by Day 2 we forget 50% of what we've learned. By Day 30, we retain about 2%-3% of the original knowledge! With no reviews, you virtually have to re-learn the material after about a month.

With Ten3 Smart Learning packages, learning, repetition, and memorizing occurs fast, continuously and effortlessly. Ten3 Smart Course materials provide well illustrated executive summaries of various concepts which makes learning fast and effective. Ten3 Smart Screen Savers display educational and motivational slides periodically to help you "reactivate" your knowledge and inspire new ideas. This is just-in-time inspiration as slides appear when your PC falls asleep and your mind opens to new discoveries!

Clients of Ten3 training programs are amazed at the difference Ten3 Smart Screen Savers make in how much they understand, how well they understand and retain material, and how effectively they apply the knowledge gained... More