Course

How to learn quickly

With the amount of information available to us within a few keystrokes, it may seem that staying current should be getting easier—and this is partly true. The challenge lies in knowing when you need to look for information, and being willing to do so. One way to embrace changing facts is to be a nimble learner – someone who learns quickly, is open to the new and unfamiliar, and embraces all experiences as learning opportunities. While trust and confidence were key traits for leaders of yore, nimbleness and the ability to engage are just as important for business managers today. Our fast-paced, increasingly remote work environments require leaders who can inspire their workers while keeping up with change.

6 Lessons

Most of us are good at applying what we have seen and done in the past. Most of us can apply solutions that have worked for us before. We are all pretty good at solving problems that we’ve seen before. A rarer skill is doing things for the first time. Solving problems we’ve never seen before. Trying solutions we have never tried before. Analyzing problems in new contexts and in new ways. With the increasing pace of change, being quick to learn and apply first-time solutions is becoming a crucial skill. It involves taking risks, being less than perfect, discarding the past, going against the grain, and cutting new paths.

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

– Confucius

 

Primary Source of Content: FYI (For Your Improvement) by Kon Ferry

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