Over a period of time you get a sense of how you prefer picking
up new skills/learning.
That’s a powerful realization as then you have a method
which you can replicate and possibly seamlessly weave into your working life
and not make learning a separate project by itself.
When it comes to picking up ‘skills’ – the method that seems
to work for me is ‘deliberate practice’ around 4/5 times a week for atleast 3
months – and then ‘muscle memory’ (dance terminology J) starts kicking in.
I first experienced this while training in dance. I knew my flair for it – but till time I trained
once or twice a week – my progress was labored. But then change once I moved my
training to 4/5 times a week – and started to make very rapid progress.
Currently I am starting to see benefits of using this method
in swimming. I could hardly swim sometime back and now I am starting to make
strong progress.
When it comes to learning languages though – I find that
writing, reading, and listening is easier than speaking fluently. Obviously
that’s a reflection of fact that I don’t have much current opportunities to
practice daily speaking a different language.
When it comes to picking up ‘knowledge’ – the method that
seems to work for me is ‘reading’ and ‘reflecting on how this applies to a
particular situation’ – which in turn gives me a few ideas on what could be
implemented at work – and once I implement the same – the learning becomes
deeper. Andragogy in short! J
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Sourav
