Surging Ahead for Success, Issue 20
Saturday, Feb 25, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
Your
"College on Wheels"
The
Learning Moment
Learning is an ongoing process. It's not reserved for students in university, nor for your school-aged children. In actual fact, we're learning and growing all the time and it's very important to be open to whatever lessons are available at each moment. When we have a challenge (some may call it a problem), we must look at it and ask, "what is the lesson here?" Finding that answer means that we've learned something once again. A Learning moment. The following articles, Your College on Wheel and The Learning Moment, expand on this subject.
............... June
Your "College on
Wheels"
by June McHardy
It is said that once most people leave
school they make the decision that their learning days are over.
Most of them will seldom ever read another non-fiction book,
therefore missing out on one of the greatest resources for
boosting their career goals. They don't realize that reading and
constantly learning will keep them mentally alert and younger,
their memory will improve, they'll be more decisive, smarter and
quicker - in short, constant learning is considered one of the
prime success skills.
...And reading books about a specific subject that is of
interest to you regarding your career can give you an added
bonus! When you study and learn more about a favorite topic you
give your confidence a boost. You can very quickly become an
authority in the field. Do you think that this would advance
your career goals? You bet it would!
Another tip is to try always to read material written by someone
with hands-on experience in the field, rather than just theory.
The same things goes for seminars or courses. The person who has
been "through the mill" has a lot more to offer you.
By now you're probably saying "But I just don't have the time to
read any books!" Well, one way would be to reduce the amount of
time you spend reading the newspaper or watching TV. . . or you
could get up a half hour earlier each day to read undisturbed
and, as Brian Tracy says, "milk the golden hour"
But by far the most powerful way of finding the time to read is
making your car your 'College on Wheels'.
It's estimated that we spend between 500 to 1000 hours a year
driving to and from work. Most people will listen to the radio.
But what if you took this time to listen to books on tape? Or
what if you listened to tapes on your subjects of interest by
experts in the field? By the end of the year you could have the
equivalent of 2 university semesters!
Another added bonus of listening to tapes in your car is that
the stress of the drive will decrease and you'll actually arrive
feeling more refreshed and relaxed. Careful though, you can
become addicted to this successful habit!
So start now. It's never too late to become success-oriented!
June McHardy is a editor of the Prosperity News Ezine and Surging Ahead for Success Blog, dedicated to maximizing success in our lives. Lots of great inspirational stories, guest articles and success strategies. http://www.ezshoppingportal.com/prosper/ and http://ezshoppingportal.com/blog/ Motivational Books, Audio & Video http://www.ezshoppingportal.com/nightingale/
The Learning Moment
by Russ Stiffler
You are familiar with the Buddhist saying,
"When the student is ready the teacher will appear."
That is what the learning moment is. The student being ready to
hear the message.
Like everything, learning is a process. In the beginning, the
student has no awareness of what is going on.
It's like learning a foreign language. When you first hear the
foreign language, you have the impression the people speaking
are in a race. The sounds flow rapidly from one to the next. It
seems impossible for anyone to be able to understand such a
language.
Once you begin to know the sounds of the different letters and
you learn a few simple words, it seems like the speakers have
slowed down a bit. You begin to catch a sound or a word that is
recognizable. Their speech still seems incredibly fast, but you
start to see how a native might just be able to understand the
language.
And so the process continues. You learn more words. You begin to
get comfortable with the sounds. You learn a few phrases. The
language becomes more understandable. After awhile you are able
to have a simple conversation. Then are able to understand a
newspaper. Maybe you even get to the point of thinking or
dreaming in the language.
It's a process. Novice to master. You have to go through all the
steps.
Nothing happens when you are exposed to some knowledge before
you are ready for it. You awareness level is not sufficient for
you to understand the knowledge.
You could have access to the best business-writing teacher on
earth for your new language. But if you can't have a
conversation in the language the teacher cannot teach a thing.
It doesn't matter how simply teacher make the lesson, you are
not ready for it.
No matter how hard you study, you are still not ready for the
message. But once you are ready, the learning is easy. It is
like a door opens. Before, when the door was closed and locked
no amount yelling, knocking or pounding on the door would open
it. But once you have the key, it takes little effort to open
the door.
Ok, so what does the learning moment mean to me.
Awareness. If you are aware of where you are in the learning
process you are in a better position to learn what you can at
that moment. And, when something happens and you can recognize
it as a learning moment your awareness can help learn the lesson
instead of missing the opportunity.
This could be anything.
Your child had fight at school. This could be a learning moment
for him about handling arguments.
Your ad in an ezine didn't pull a single response. This could be
a learning moment for learning how to write ads.
Every negative result could be the opportunity to learn what is
necessary to advance to the next level of achievement.
Your awareness determines whether or not your can take advantage
of the opportunity as it comes up. Your awareness determines
when you are ready for the teacher.
You must go through the learning process. Open your awareness.
Pay attention to the results of your actions. Keep learning and
growing. Listen to your intuition. They all clue you in to your
learning moments. The more aware you become and the more
learning moments present themselves.
Open yourself to the learning moment and step closer to
achieving your dreams.
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