Comments on: Train to learn. http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/ Articles and essays on success, personal development, and personal improvement Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Train to learn. by: Scott Young http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-39 Sun, 07 May 2006 00:44:22 +0000 http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-39 There is something about the process of teaching that forces you to master the answers for yourself. As an instructor I often found that the areas I was the best at happened to be the ones I was teaching. If you have to teach it, you will master it. There is something about the process of teaching that forces you to master the answers for yourself. As an instructor I often found that the areas I was the best at happened to be the ones I was teaching. If you have to teach it, you will master it.

]]> Comment on Train to learn. by: Jodee Bock http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-22 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:21:38 +0000 http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-22 I think the teddy bear idea is fabulous! It reminds me of a training activity I use when I'm working on communication where the participants are divided into pairs (A & B) where A has to tell about a problem at work or at home, and B's job is to answer only with questions (from a list I give them). The idea is that when the person with the problem is forced to keep explaining the problem, they usually come up with their own answers, which we already knew anyway. I learn every day that I teach what I most need to learn ... and by teaching it, I have the best shot at learning it myself. Thanks for the reminders - and the reinforcement! I think the teddy bear idea is fabulous! It reminds me of a training activity I use when I’m working on communication where the participants are divided into pairs (A & B) where A has to tell about a problem at work or at home, and B’s job is to answer only with questions (from a list I give them). The idea is that when the person with the problem is forced to keep explaining the problem, they usually come up with their own answers, which we already knew anyway.

I learn every day that I teach what I most need to learn … and by teaching it, I have the best shot at learning it myself. Thanks for the reminders - and the reinforcement!

]]> Comment on Train to learn. by: Can You Become Good at Everything? - Erik Vossman tries to find the answer »Blog Archive » Spreading the Virus, Indie That Is http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-20 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:52:18 +0000 http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-20 [...] Now I must pass on the Indie Virus and help out those around me that have inspired or entertained me over the past 4 months. Since my blog is basically about all the stuff I am working towards accomplishing I am going to send the virus to several blogs spanning a few categories. First off I am going to send the virus to Sean at A Runner’s Blog. I enjoy following his training and results to keep me going through my own training. Next up I am sending the virus to Success Minders” who recently wrote a nice article about training to learn. Good posts for those of you trying to work on your personal development. Lastly I am sending the Indie Virus to Scott. He may not need the virus but I love his blog and his idea. For those of you who don’t know he is a guy that has been wearing a name tag every day of his life for quite some time now as a sort of social experiment. Always interesting to see what he is up to. [...] […] Now I must pass on the Indie Virus and help out those around me that have inspired or entertained me over the past 4 months. Since my blog is basically about all the stuff I am working towards accomplishing I am going to send the virus to several blogs spanning a few categories. First off I am going to send the virus to Sean at A Runner’s Blog. I enjoy following his training and results to keep me going through my own training. Next up I am sending the virus to Success Minders” who recently wrote a nice article about training to learn. Good posts for those of you trying to work on your personal development. Lastly I am sending the Indie Virus to Scott. He may not need the virus but I love his blog and his idea. For those of you who don’t know he is a guy that has been wearing a name tag every day of his life for quite some time now as a sort of social experiment. Always interesting to see what he is up to. […]

]]> Comment on Train to learn. by: Alexander Kjerulf http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-17 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:09:56 +0000 http://www.successminders.com/2006/03/08/train-to-learn/#comment-17 I know this technique as <a href="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?RubberDucking" rel="nofollow">Rubberducking</a> and it has helped me a bunch of times, Kathy Sierra over at Creating Pasionate Users tells <a href="http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/01/rubberducking_a.html" rel="nofollow">this story</a>: A university help desk center kept a teddy bear, and before students were allowed to bring their problem to a human, they had to first explain it out loud to a teddy bear. The idea is that by the time they finished telling the bear, over half of them had solved their own problem. I know this technique as Rubberducking and it has helped me a bunch of times,

Kathy Sierra over at Creating Pasionate Users tells this story:
A university help desk center kept a teddy bear, and before students were allowed to bring their problem to a human, they had to first explain it out loud to a teddy bear. The idea is that by the time they finished telling the bear, over half of them had solved their own problem.

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