Dear Kayla,
For me, I needed to go through a very long process to learn how to learn. I was never very good at processing information I learned at school or otherwise. I could memorize the information but not apply it. There were many interventions I needed to address this. I will be writing about some of them here.
Often, the first step to making changes or learning is to examine your attitude. I was bringing some bad habits into my work without even being aware of it. I needed to look very closely at the details of what I was doing and try to find patterns or beliefs which were harmful. Often they were routines which I had never questioned. But they were holding me back from learning or doing tasks well.
Once I identified thought patterns or attitudes which I needed to change, I address that head-on. The first day or first session I would concentrate only on changing my thoughts and attitudes. And only that. I would not try to do anything differently. I would just focus on going through the day or the session thinking differently.
Sometimes I needed to do that for more sessions. It depended on the task. When I was used to thinking differently, eventually I would start to see different ideas and patterns. At which point I would give the same advice I keep giving to you and Tony: Start small. Find what small things you can and fix them. In reality, there are very few big things out there. What looks big from a distance is often really about five thousand small steps.
No comments:
Post a Comment