The brain is not a dustbin, you can not throw it with anything. “Empty” calories of useless information harm the intellect no less than a figure. How to develop a menu for the mind? How to feed the intellect for its development? To get only useful products to the brain, let's draw a parallel between a healthy lifestyle and ways of learning.
What are learning methods: a useful diet for the mind
Ways of learning are different types and methods of acquiring knowledge or skills. With the modern flow of information, the question is not where to get it, but what to do with it. More and more people include vitamins, proteins or fiber in the diet. But they continue to throw everything into the brain: advertising, news feeds, viral stories on the net. The extra information clogs the brain in the same way as the computer's memory. But it won't be possible to run “file cleaning” on it - everything that got there will remain forever. Therefore, it is important to filter information before it gets into permanent files. This is done using a balanced menu for learning.
The similarity of a healthy lifestyle with learning:
- Dosage and variety. Nutritionists know: if you absorb a useful, but monotonous food, it ceases to be absorbed. With knowledge all the same. Too much will not digest. A monotonous food for the mind bored. Fiction - the very tasty to enhance the mood.
- Proteins fats carbohydrates. As with the right diet, everything must be balanced in learning. An overabundance of beneficial substances is as harmful as their deficiency. Dry theory should be alternated with a period of skills.
- Regularity training. Press cubes will not appear after one visit to the hall. A certificate on the wall after a clever training only amuse self-esteem. In order to grow you need to regularly pump your biceps, triceps, brain and skills.
- Trainer. A coach is a professional. He will not only develop a plan: training or self-development, but also choose the correct tactics of training. He will help with advice, support, increase the load or praise for the result. And as a bonus, it will give feedback without unnecessary emotions.
- Self discipline. When there is no warden near, it is difficult to resist the extra sandwich. Or do not lie down on the sofa to look through the Internet. Willpower will help to refrain from the first and from the second.
- Alternation of load with rest. Intensive training should be alternated with a period of relaxation. Otherwise, the body does not have time to recover. In school all the same: the brain needs time to digest information.
Types of learning methods
Sports and education have one common philosophy: the path from an amateur to a champion cannot be passed without a mentor and self-discipline. Let's compare the ways of training by the example of training in the gym and professional growth.
Self study
Morning exercise will help to establish self-discipline, keep muscles in shape, but will not bring great results.
At first, learning is chaotic - books, educational channels, articles, blogs are read indiscriminately. Gradually, a clear vector of movement towards the target begins to emerge. It lays its own library of useful books, links to the necessary materials, contacts and the names of people who want to be equal.
Seminar
A company of newcomers comes to the gym. All are enthusiastic, but vaguely represent what the bar looks like in reality.
Participants gather at the same audience at the appointed time. The facilitator conducts a short lecture, and the remaining time is spent on honing the skills. Business seminars are more often held right in the workplace. Psychological or copyright reveal common themes.
Training
Of the entire company, only one person is ready to continue. We need a trainer to develop a training plan and calculate the load.
The identity of the coach comes to the fore. The ability to distinguish promises of "successful success" from useful information comes with experience. But the benefits for participants largely depend on their activity. A hand raised in time and the question asked will help bring the topic to the right direction for you.
Webinar
The idea of participating in the competition comes by itself. You need to look for a knowledgeable person in the field of training. Finding this in your city is difficult. Internet comes to the rescue.
Webinars or online seminars for many companies are the main learning tool. Guest webinars are held for an open audience, but with the aim to collect information about potential customers. On selling webinars sell knowledge, experience, skills, ideas. Convenient for residents of small or remote cities, where the concentration of such events tends to zero.
Mentor or Mentor
Relief of muscles looms beautifully under the skin, but you need a mentor to compete. He does not have to be a champion, but his students must be champions.
A mentor or mentor recognizes their students' accomplishments, but keeps them in a tight rein so as not to stray from the course. The first mentors are the heads or project managers. They are sincerely happy when enthusiasts are among the newbies with a desire to grow further. Mentors are more pragmatic, they work for money. Mentors also provide recommendations to their wards. And without them in the world of business is not to get through.
Author's course
Preparations for the competition continues. But the relief is no less important than the ability to move on stage. Now you need to know the expert opinion about the chances of a participant to win.
Many famous coaches conduct their own paid online course. First comes the theory in the form of mailing. Then - a practical task, check, discussion, debriefing, check again. The result of training is a certificate. A sort of quality mark for a personal resume.
Business camp or internship
The participant comes to the competition. The atmosphere is tense, but there is an opportunity to experience everything on yourself.
The business camp takes place in the atmosphere of a business game for those who want to create their own business and for those who have already created it. What does he give? New view on business and new knowledge to the manager. This is more than learning, this is life.
"Faster, higher, braver" - the motto of the Olympic Games concerns not only physical fitness, but also fortitude. Although athletes come to win, victory over themselves is just as important. Taking care of your physical condition affects your business success, but periods of intense training need to be alternated with rest. This is the basis of the pulse of a lifetime.
