WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:37.890 🎵 🎵 back everybody this is food for thought thoughts 00:00:37.890 --> 00:00:41.750 if it were you season two and i'm your host neogentrix 00:00:41.750 --> 00:00:43.969 like i said i was going to be covering a lot 00:00:43.969 --> 00:00:45.689 of different facts and a lot of other information 00:00:45.689 --> 00:00:49.170 stuff that people need to know that they do not 00:00:49.170 --> 00:00:51.890 know it's the year 2020 it's time to start a 00:00:51.890 --> 00:00:55.250 new decade of our life moving forward however 00:00:55.979 --> 00:00:57.579 There's a lot of skills a lot of people don't 00:00:57.579 --> 00:00:59.320 have, and I want to make sure that they understand 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:01.640 what they are so that they can have them. Most 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:03.600 of them for school, but you can use them for 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.879 other things as well. Last time we talked about 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:10.099 what learning actually is and how it's effective 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:12.879 in our lives and what we use it for. Today I'm 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.060 going to cover lifelong learning and how it affects 00:01:15.060 --> 00:01:17.359 our life moving forward outside of schooling, 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:21.400 not just in school or any of the educational 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:24.719 branches, regardless of whether military or otherwise. 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:27.700 There's so much information out there that a 00:01:27.700 --> 00:01:29.420 lot of people need to know that they don't know. 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:32.439 And I feel like if we don't cover it all, or 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.500 at least try to cover some of it, people will 00:01:35.500 --> 00:01:37.680 continue to walk around being ignorant of what 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.650 they do and do not know. And it's not that I'm 00:01:40.650 --> 00:01:42.989 saying everybody's an idiot. Believe me, that 00:01:42.989 --> 00:01:45.989 is not the cause or the reason for why I'm doing 00:01:45.989 --> 00:01:48.349 this. I do it because I enjoy doing it and I 00:01:48.349 --> 00:01:50.810 enjoy helping other people. Everyone's got a 00:01:50.810 --> 00:01:53.150 purpose. Everyone's got a role to play. I know 00:01:53.150 --> 00:01:55.129 what mine is and I'm going to go ahead and do 00:01:55.129 --> 00:01:58.010 just that. So today we're going to cover lifelong 00:01:58.010 --> 00:02:01.209 learning. And if I have time, I might start on 00:02:01.209 --> 00:02:04.370 another topic before close to the end of this. 00:02:05.810 --> 00:02:08.500 And with that being said. Please feel free to 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:10.360 look forward to another podcast coming later 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:13.080 today. I might do more than one. So let's have 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.719 a great day, everybody. Today's topic, lifelong 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:19.120 learning, and the next topic after that is the 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.439 different learning styles. So let's get started, 00:02:21.500 --> 00:02:47.050 shall we? right everybody and we're back let's 00:02:47.050 --> 00:02:49.409 go ahead and get started with what life lifelong 00:02:49.409 --> 00:02:53.949 learning is now as i mentioned before most people 00:02:53.949 --> 00:02:56.590 associate learning with formal education typically 00:02:56.590 --> 00:02:59.830 schools college university even military believe 00:02:59.830 --> 00:03:02.370 it or not you know we're told from an early age 00:03:02.370 --> 00:03:04.610 that we should get a good education generally 00:03:04.610 --> 00:03:09.150 speaking it is true that a formal education of 00:03:09.150 --> 00:03:12.909 some resulting quality is important now Education 00:03:12.909 --> 00:03:15.810 does maximize our potential to find better and 00:03:15.810 --> 00:03:18.629 more satisfying jobs, possibly earn more, perhaps, 00:03:18.870 --> 00:03:22.229 maybe, or become more successful in any chosen 00:03:22.229 --> 00:03:24.810 career, or in some cases just enlighten us to 00:03:24.810 --> 00:03:28.330 be a lot better than we are currently. But schooling 00:03:28.330 --> 00:03:30.750 is only one type of learning. Keep that in mind. 00:03:30.830 --> 00:03:32.789 There are many other opportunities to further 00:03:32.789 --> 00:03:34.449 your knowledge and develop your skills throughout 00:03:34.449 --> 00:03:36.289 your lifetime that people are just not aware 00:03:36.289 --> 00:03:39.150 of. Knowledge can be acquired in... Skill sets 00:03:39.150 --> 00:03:41.490 develop anywhere you go in the world, regardless 00:03:41.490 --> 00:03:44.270 of what it is. It's unavoidable. You can't avoid 00:03:44.270 --> 00:03:46.610 learning. It happens all the time. If you're 00:03:46.610 --> 00:03:48.689 listening to this podcast, you're learning. Because 00:03:48.689 --> 00:03:50.370 chances are, you don't know what I'm about to 00:03:50.370 --> 00:03:53.650 talk about. Lifetime learning is about creating 00:03:53.650 --> 00:03:55.770 and maintaining a positive attitude to learning, 00:03:55.789 --> 00:03:58.229 both from personal development and even professional 00:03:58.229 --> 00:04:01.770 ones. Lifetime learners, my dad is an example 00:04:01.770 --> 00:04:04.150 of this, are motivated to learn and develop because 00:04:04.150 --> 00:04:06.650 they want to. It's a delivery and voluntary act. 00:04:06.729 --> 00:04:09.520 It's a choice. Okay, you want to know more. You 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:11.360 don't want to be sitting there dumbfounded while 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:13.639 everyone else does all the work. And in some 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:15.560 cases, even if you're lazy that way, at some 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:20.459 point, you know, you want to be, you want to 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:22.660 hear those words, congratulations, well done, 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:25.680 thank you for your service. You want to have 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:29.920 that feeling of joy in you. Everyone does. But 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:34.180 before you can get that, at some point, You have 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:36.079 to get up and say, you know what? I want to learn 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:37.920 something. I want to be useful to someone else. 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:39.959 There's too many reasons for learning throughout 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.899 our lifetime, okay? First one is for personal 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:44.600 development, and the other one is for professional 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:47.300 development. As I mentioned a second ago, lifetime 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.560 learning enhances our understanding of the world 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:55.920 around us and provides us more and better opportunities, 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:58.339 as well as the quality in our life being better. 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:00.399 These reasons may not necessarily be distinct 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:04.100 to personal development. or can help improve 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:07.220 your employment opportunities or professional 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:10.360 development, but they do enable personal growth 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.839 beyond where you currently are. Learning for 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:17.800 its own sake begins, or rather brings its own 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:21.879 advantages. For example, learning in whatever 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:26.100 context helps you, it can be... fun. It can boost 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:28.519 your confidence and self -esteem. It makes us 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.660 less risk adverse and more adaptable to change 00:05:31.660 --> 00:05:34.399 when it actually happens. It helps us achieve 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:38.079 a more satisfying personal life or challenges 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:41.819 our ideas and beliefs. You know, that's just 00:05:41.819 --> 00:05:43.699 one of the many, many ways that it does that. 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:48.720 So with that being said, I'm going to take a 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:50.680 short break here. I'm going to split this next 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:52.680 piece in two on purpose. And we're going to talk 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.769 about personal development and Professional development. 00:06:11.850 --> 00:06:15.589 All righty then. Let's go ahead and move on with 00:06:15.589 --> 00:06:18.889 the first topic of the two. Learning for personal 00:06:18.889 --> 00:06:22.850 development. Okay, well, let's see. There doesn't 00:06:22.850 --> 00:06:25.629 need to be a specific reason for learning since 00:06:25.629 --> 00:06:27.930 learning for the sake of learning can in itself 00:06:27.930 --> 00:06:30.990 be rewarding in its own right. I mean, me learning 00:06:30.990 --> 00:06:32.930 how to do a podcast and even doing that in the 00:06:32.930 --> 00:06:34.750 first place was mostly for personal development, 00:06:34.870 --> 00:06:37.149 not so much professional. You know, there is 00:06:37.149 --> 00:06:39.290 a common view that continuous learning and having 00:06:39.290 --> 00:06:42.889 an active mind throughout your life may... delay 00:06:42.889 --> 00:06:45.569 or halt some progress of some forms of dementia, 00:06:45.889 --> 00:06:48.610 although there's actually no scientific proof 00:06:48.610 --> 00:06:52.250 or evidence that supports that. So, with that 00:06:52.250 --> 00:06:55.050 being said, keeping your brain active does have 00:06:55.050 --> 00:07:00.689 its advantages. Now, that being said, since learning 00:07:00.689 --> 00:07:02.569 can prevent you from becoming bored and thus 00:07:02.569 --> 00:07:05.629 enable a more fulfilling life at any age, you 00:07:05.629 --> 00:07:08.250 know, there are, of course, many reasons why 00:07:08.250 --> 00:07:11.670 people learn for personal development. You may 00:07:11.670 --> 00:07:13.470 want to increase your knowledge or skills around 00:07:13.470 --> 00:07:15.930 a particular hobby or pastime that you enjoy. 00:07:16.069 --> 00:07:19.290 I enjoy bowling. I love cooking and I love learning 00:07:19.290 --> 00:07:21.990 stuff on the computer. I also enjoy doing these 00:07:21.990 --> 00:07:25.550 podcasts, so it could be for that. Or perhaps 00:07:25.550 --> 00:07:28.089 you want to develop some entirely new skill that 00:07:28.089 --> 00:07:32.550 will in some way enhance your life. Take a pottery 00:07:32.550 --> 00:07:36.889 or a car mechanic. course, for example, or perhaps 00:07:36.889 --> 00:07:39.329 you want to research a medical condition or your 00:07:39.329 --> 00:07:42.889 ancestry like most people do nowadays. These 00:07:42.889 --> 00:07:44.889 are just a couple of examples. I mean, perhaps 00:07:44.889 --> 00:07:47.470 you're planning to take a trip and you want to 00:07:47.470 --> 00:07:49.009 learn more about the history and culture of your 00:07:49.009 --> 00:07:51.769 destination. Actually, let me hold off on that 00:07:51.769 --> 00:07:53.769 for a second. That's something you should do, 00:07:53.810 --> 00:07:55.329 period, especially if you're going to a country 00:07:55.329 --> 00:07:58.769 you've never been to before. Just throwing that 00:07:58.769 --> 00:08:03.279 out there. But I mean, still. It's for personal 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:04.800 development. You're not using it to make money. 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:07.560 You're going there to explore. Or maybe you'll 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.480 decide to take a degree course later in your 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.019 life simply because you just enjoy your chosen 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:14.379 subject and the challenges of an academic study. 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:16.740 While this one is not as common as it used to 00:08:16.740 --> 00:08:20.620 be, it still to some degree holds a lot of weight, 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:23.600 and a lot of people do it. Take me, for example. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:25.920 Regardless of what I get my degree in and what 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:27.990 I'm going to school for, Whether I get a decent 00:08:27.990 --> 00:08:30.050 job or not, using that degree is irrelevant to 00:08:30.050 --> 00:08:32.490 me because I actually enjoy studying in my field. 00:08:33.409 --> 00:08:35.789 It's just something that, you know, it piques 00:08:35.789 --> 00:08:38.889 my interest. You know, like the fact that I love 00:08:38.889 --> 00:08:41.490 cooking. I'll go and learn everything I can about 00:08:41.490 --> 00:08:43.809 that just for the sake of doing it. Not so much 00:08:43.809 --> 00:08:46.450 because I want to go work and own my own restaurant. 00:08:46.610 --> 00:08:50.370 If that happens, great. That's not the end goal. 00:08:51.509 --> 00:08:57.509 So, yes. We're going to take a short break. And 00:08:57.509 --> 00:08:59.409 I'll come back and we'll talk about professional 00:08:59.409 --> 00:09:28.480 development. Alright then, and we're back. Next 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:30.700 on the list of things to cover is professional 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:34.100 development. Now, our capacity to earn is directly 00:09:34.100 --> 00:09:36.799 related to our willingness to learn, if that 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:39.120 is the main topic of our discussion in the first 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:42.159 place. Being well -educated is not necessarily 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:45.580 the key to employment, although qualifications 00:09:45.580 --> 00:09:47.940 may get you an interview, actually helping you 00:09:47.940 --> 00:09:50.440 get the job and so much more, whatever it takes 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:52.960 to do so, but presentation is also important. 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:55.679 I do believe I already covered that in a podcast 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.940 previously, so feel free to go check that out. 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:00.960 Employers are typically looking for people who 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:03.659 are well -balanced. You know, people with skills 00:10:03.659 --> 00:10:05.659 that they can use in multiple fields, different 00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:08.500 areas. This includes the ability to demonstrate 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:10.720 that you're able to actually still learn and 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:13.159 grow, as well as develop other abilities that 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:16.419 other people may or may not have. You know, if 00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:19.059 you find yourself unemployed, then use the time 00:10:19.059 --> 00:10:22.059 wisely. With that being said, learning something 00:10:22.059 --> 00:10:24.159 new can help pay off with new opportunities, 00:10:24.379 --> 00:10:27.039 which might not otherwise have arisen if you 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:28.840 had stayed with the current skill set that you 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:32.019 currently were employed with. At the same time, 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:34.080 if you are employed, take advantage of training, 00:10:34.299 --> 00:10:36.460 coaching, mentoring, opportunities, anything 00:10:36.460 --> 00:10:38.700 that you can get your hands on that'll help you 00:10:38.700 --> 00:10:41.500 continuously grow in some way or form. This will 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:44.639 allow you to become more popular in the employer's 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:47.620 eyes, and possibly increase your pay rate, depending 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:50.559 on the type of job you have. It makes you more 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:52.799 indispensable, regardless of how you want to 00:10:52.799 --> 00:11:00.120 look at that. Now, with that being said, putting 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.019 the time in for extra learning brings its own 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:06.980 reward. In other words, it means that we can 00:11:06.980 --> 00:11:09.379 get more personal satisfaction in our lives, 00:11:09.460 --> 00:11:12.000 as well as our jobs, if we at least understand 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:16.360 more about who we are and what we do, or what 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.899 you can do. I'm not telling you go learn a skill 00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:20.360 just simply because you want to get a job. You 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.360 have to actually have a talent for that skill. 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:24.399 Or you can do like other people and work really 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:26.299 hard and get it, but that means you're going 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:29.139 to have to work even harder to maintain it. That 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:32.740 being said, this can lead to way better results 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:35.899 working day in, day out. I mean, if you choose 00:11:35.899 --> 00:11:38.480 to learn another complementary sector alongside 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:41.779 the current type... The skill set that you have 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:43.759 not only does it open up more opportunities, 00:11:43.980 --> 00:11:46.200 but it allows you to specialize in certain areas 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:49.080 and potentially earn more and become more connected 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:51.820 with your industry if that's something that you 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:55.500 care about. Wider experience helps build more 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:58.500 knowledge, which begets more skills, which begets 00:11:58.500 --> 00:12:01.500 more transferable abilities and more adaptability. 00:12:01.659 --> 00:12:04.720 From a financial standpoint of view, a more highly 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:06.559 skilled and knowledgeable worker is an asset 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:10.200 to any company and can lead to... Faster promotions 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:14.279 with associated salary increases. Someone who 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:16.899 can offer more expertise will be worth more than 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:21.440 a person who, well, doesn't. Or just employs 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.620 regular people who used to be customers. Expertise 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:28.039 is also often a key quality of an effective leader. 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.759 If you have that, then you can obviously teach 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.539 other people about stuff they don't know. With 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:37.419 this being said... If you're frustrated with 00:12:37.419 --> 00:12:39.600 your job, continuing to hone your skills will 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:41.480 make it easier to find new ways out of potentially 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:44.379 stressful work situations, and keeping an open 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:46.759 mind to learning and giving yourself room for 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.259 flexibility is the key to a great job satisfaction 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:53.320 of an environment you actually like, and furthermore, 00:12:53.340 --> 00:12:55.179 potentially staying ahead of competitors for 00:12:55.179 --> 00:12:57.419 jobs by being more experienced and knowledgeable 00:12:57.419 --> 00:13:00.659 in your area. It just basically gives you an 00:13:00.659 --> 00:13:07.100 edge. So, with that being said, I'm going to 00:13:07.100 --> 00:13:09.279 take a short break right here and next we're 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.399 going to cover mastering your ability to learn 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:14.200 and why that's even important in the first place. 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:37.840 Now, let's go ahead and talk about mastering 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:43.799 your learning. In his book, Make It Faster, Colin 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:48.620 Rose used the mnemonic master to describe the 00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:50.980 six stages he believes are key to becoming an 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:53.679 effective learner. And these stages can be applied 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.600 to any type of learning, either formal or informal. 00:13:57.580 --> 00:14:00.179 The first one is motivation. The next one is 00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:06.840 acquire, search, trigger. Exam and reflect. I 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:09.240 know it doesn't make much of a sense, and I guess 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.259 some of them are kind of understandable, but 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:12.860 I'm going to go through each one in short so 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:14.639 you get a good idea of what I'm talking about. 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:19.139 First things first, motivation. Lifelong learning 00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:21.559 requires self -motivation. You need to feel positive 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:23.480 about learning, about your ability to learn, 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:25.100 and if you're struggling to see the point of 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:27.460 learning what you are learning, you're unlikely 00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:31.190 to do well. So you need to be motivated. I do 00:14:31.190 --> 00:14:33.309 believe I did do a podcast on self -motivation, 00:14:33.350 --> 00:14:36.289 so feel free to go check that out. Next is acquire. 00:14:37.210 --> 00:14:38.929 Effective learning requires that you acquire 00:14:38.929 --> 00:14:40.929 information through reading, listening, observing, 00:14:41.269 --> 00:14:43.970 practicing, experimenting, and even experience. 00:14:44.490 --> 00:14:46.710 I mean, information is all around you. The trick 00:14:46.710 --> 00:14:48.929 is to acquire relevant and meaningful information 00:14:48.929 --> 00:14:52.850 to develop those information and knowledge that 00:14:52.850 --> 00:14:56.340 you have into skills. Now again, going back to 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:59.179 a previous topic I covered, study skills. Next 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:02.159 is to search. This one might seem a little weird, 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:04.600 but learning is successful when you can search 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:06.279 for a personal meaning in the information we're 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.840 acquiring. I mean, we find it hard to remember 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:10.679 facts without understanding them and being able 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.600 to put them into context. Learning is about applying 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.019 what you acquire and asking questions to yourself 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:19.159 such as, how does this idea help me in my life? 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:23.409 Or... What has this experience taught me about 00:15:23.409 --> 00:15:26.230 myself? These are questions that people need 00:15:26.230 --> 00:15:28.990 to ask in order to know if they understand the 00:15:28.990 --> 00:15:31.769 material that they're learning. Next is trigger. 00:15:32.710 --> 00:15:35.450 Human beings are notoriously bad at retaining 00:15:35.450 --> 00:15:38.490 information, as I clearly just stated. You cannot 00:15:38.490 --> 00:15:40.649 remember and you will not remember everything 00:15:40.649 --> 00:15:44.549 that you read, hear, or experience, okay? But 00:15:44.549 --> 00:15:46.789 you can help trigger recollections in various 00:15:46.789 --> 00:15:50.200 ways. For example, Taking notes, practice, discussion, 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:52.860 experiment with new ideas, skills, and other 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:54.779 things that you've learned. This is why in math, 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:57.720 they tell you to do the problems over, over, 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.039 and over, and over, and over. They want you to 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.379 create triggers so that the next time you see 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:10.299 that problem or its type, you know exactly how 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:12.159 to solve it. In some cases, you may not even 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.080 remember, but you'll just start solving it anyway. 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:17.730 Next is to examine. You should regularly examine 00:16:17.730 --> 00:16:19.690 your knowledge to help reinforce your mind of 00:16:19.690 --> 00:16:21.570 what you've learned. You should always try to 00:16:21.570 --> 00:16:23.529 keep an open mind, question your understanding, 00:16:23.730 --> 00:16:26.049 and be open to new information. Those who lock 00:16:26.049 --> 00:16:31.529 themselves away, well, good luck to you. Talking 00:16:31.529 --> 00:16:32.990 to others and seeing their point of view can 00:16:32.990 --> 00:16:35.210 be a powerful way of examining your own perception 00:16:35.210 --> 00:16:37.529 and understanding of a subject and allow you 00:16:37.529 --> 00:16:42.309 to be more open. Finally, reflect. When you reflect 00:16:42.309 --> 00:16:45.230 on your learning, And think about how you learned 00:16:45.230 --> 00:16:47.730 and why you learned it, including how you felt 00:16:47.730 --> 00:16:50.549 about the particular topic and or subject before 00:16:50.549 --> 00:16:52.789 or after you developed your knowledge. You know, 00:16:52.830 --> 00:16:56.269 it helps. And on that note, learn from your mistakes 00:16:56.269 --> 00:16:58.490 as well as your successes and always try to remain 00:16:58.490 --> 00:17:01.690 positive. With this being said, I'm not telling 00:17:01.690 --> 00:17:06.309 you that you shouldn't learn from only your mistakes. 00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:08.589 You can learn from your successes too if you 00:17:08.589 --> 00:17:12.089 know how to do it. With that being said... I 00:17:12.089 --> 00:17:13.730 think I should go ahead and cover note -taking 00:17:13.730 --> 00:17:16.849 and reflective practice too as well, but those 00:17:16.849 --> 00:17:18.970 are topics for the future, so look forward to 00:17:18.970 --> 00:17:39.660 that. Alright, so to wrap this up and, you know, 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:43.799 move on into the next topic, let's talk about 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.380 what learning gives you. First off, it gives 00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:49.579 you options. The bottom line is this. Whatever 00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:52.279 your life path, there are a number of sometimes 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.500 unanticipated benefits to continual personal 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:57.839 and professional development, whatever your age. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:00.619 It's never too late to start. Now, successfully 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:02.740 changing career paths in midlife and spending 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:06.539 time informally developing the XPs? The expertise 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:09.539 is more common than ever especially since there's 00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:12.140 constant and rapid change in market conditions 00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:15.339 every single day Most people still rely on succeeding 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:18.140 in employment from their abilities to earn a 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:20.619 living Rather than learning something new that 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:23.599 will help move them up the ranks faster The more 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:25.920 flexible we can be about our direction, the easier 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.299 we can make our lives. Our economy is shifting 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:30.559 increasingly towards short -term and part -time 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:33.680 contracts with more flexible work patterns whilst 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:37.819 old industries are shifting abroad. The time 00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:39.920 we used to work from the bottom up is almost 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:42.920 gone. Just to go ahead and state that as a fact. 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:45.319 You know, we have to adapt to changes going on 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.299 in the work world while making improvements to 00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:52.509 ourselves and make more of ourselves. by stepping 00:18:52.509 --> 00:18:55.750 out of our comfort zones or our ideas and how 00:18:55.750 --> 00:18:58.890 we believe on our life and how it's going. There's 00:18:58.890 --> 00:19:02.650 no way to move forward unless you do so. Relying 00:19:02.650 --> 00:19:06.329 on job permanence for earnings and promotion 00:19:06.329 --> 00:19:09.369 is not as feasible as it used to be, so keep 00:19:09.369 --> 00:19:14.450 this in mind. Because of work -life instability, 00:19:14.829 --> 00:19:16.769 more people of all ages are turning their hobbies 00:19:16.769 --> 00:19:19.470 into a business idea. Continually following one 00:19:19.470 --> 00:19:22.710 passion outside of work can lead to you getting 00:19:22.710 --> 00:19:24.829 paid for doing what you love aside from the job 00:19:24.829 --> 00:19:27.509 that you have. And typically you'll develop business 00:19:27.509 --> 00:19:29.890 and other transferable skills as you go along. 00:19:30.190 --> 00:19:32.509 Until the point that you, you know, can delegate 00:19:32.509 --> 00:19:35.880 your least favorite jobs to someone else. Keep 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.140 in mind that no matter how far you go in life 00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:39.980 or what you end up doing, at some point you're 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:42.839 still going to end up working for somebody or 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:46.400 having someone work under you. And having the 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:50.319 ability to do what is necessary and lead other 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:52.140 people from the different skills that you know 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:55.880 may actually be a step up in the right direction 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:59.160 for you. Now, I did cover a lot of personal skills 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.349 in the past. I don't remember covering... Too 00:20:01.349 --> 00:20:03.450 many of them. I know there's still more to cover. 00:20:03.730 --> 00:20:06.109 And there's a lot of other skills I wish to cover 00:20:06.109 --> 00:20:08.430 and finish cover, such as leadership, learning, 00:20:08.630 --> 00:20:11.069 presentation, and writing skills, and even more 00:20:11.069 --> 00:20:13.609 on parenting skills as we go forward. But, you 00:20:13.609 --> 00:20:16.650 know, only time will tell. Everything has their 00:20:16.650 --> 00:20:19.410 own area. Everyone has their own expertise, even 00:20:19.410 --> 00:20:22.509 me. So with that being said, look forward to 00:20:22.509 --> 00:20:24.750 other podcasts coming soon and other developments 00:20:24.750 --> 00:20:27.910 as we move forward. Again, this is food for thought, 00:20:27.910 --> 00:20:30.529 thoughts that fit with you. I'm your host, Neogentrix. 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.039 and I'll see you all next time.