Posts Tagged ‘knowledge’

How to Be an Expert (and Find One if You’re Not)

I’ve been thinking lately, what makes someone an "expert" in his or her field? Apparently Lorelle VanFossen has been thinking the same thing, because she recently wrote a post called What Gives You the Right to Tell Me? at The Blog Herald that explores the issue of expertise in some depth.

For me, the question started to percolate through my mind when I was invited to… » Continue

April 4 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: experience, expert, knowledge, learning, presentation | 21 comments»

Becoming Self-Taught

Most of the skills I use to make a living are skills I’ve learned on my own: Web design, desktop publishing, marketing, personal productivity skills, even teaching! And most of what I know about science, politics, computers, art, guitar-playing, world history, writing, and a dozen other topics I’ve picked up outside of any formal education.

This is not to toot my own horn at all; if you stop to think… » Continue

November 19 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: knowledge, learning, self-taught | 26 comments»

Learn Something New Every Day

Most of us have one or two areas of knowledge that we strive to know very well — things related to our jobs, of course, and maybe a hobby or two. But while it’s important to develop a deep understanding of the things that matter most to us, it is just as important to develop a broad understanding of the world in general.

A lot of unfortunate… » Continue

July 16 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: education, knowledge, learning, mind, thinking | 23 comments»

How To Study

The brain is a tangled web of information. We don’t remember single facts, but instead we interlink everything by association. Anytime we experience a new event, our brains tie the sights, smells, sounds and our own impressions together into a new relationship.

Our brain remembers things by repetition, association, visual imagery, and all five senses. By knowing a bit about how the brain works, we can become better learners, absorbing… » Continue

May 14 2007 | By Kim | Tagged: brain, education, knowledge, learning, Lifehack, memory, mind, studying, tips | 21 comments»

77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better

OEDb consolidates 77 ways to knowledge and learning that can improve your learning performance from varies sources. It includes areas like Health, Balance, Perspective and Focus, Recall Techniques, Visual Ads, Verbal and Auditory Techniques, Kinesthetic Techniques, Self-Motivation Techniques, and Supplemental Techniques. There are also specific tips for teachers, tutors, parents, students and self-studiders on how should one be deliver or receive the teaching. I really enjoy the tips on Visual… » Continue

December 1 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: knowledge, learning, studying | no comments»

My Employer, My New World Teacher

Last week Thursday, I challenged you to consider how you can best take advantage of our “New World” of learning opportunities. The possibilities waiting for you are extraordinary.

I asked you to reflect back on when you feel you have learned best, so you can rally together those lessons-learned about when you have been a great student. Think of that self-knowledge as a collection of the great learning behaviors you… » Continue

October 19 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: Communication, community, intention, knowledge, learning, lessons, mentorship, questions, relationship, skills, talent, worklife, workplace | 1 comment»

The New World of Today’s Student

When I think back over a lifetime of learning, I realize that there were certain times I was a great student, and others in which I was just going through the motions, reaping relatively little from the effort.

My schooling was a period of time when I learned pretty intensively because that was simply the overall expectation, and without work or age as conflicting contenders for my attentions, learning in school… » Continue

October 12 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: curriculum, knowledge, learning, mastery, students, wisdom | 13 comments»

Communication, Thought, and Time

Over at Slow Leadership, this week has been all about using your time. I don’t set out to give each week’s postings a single theme, but sometimes it happens that way.

It began with considering the relationship between time, action and thought in a posting I called Taking Your Time. Some people claim that jumping into actions and decisions without stopping to think is the right thing… » Continue

August 28 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: Communication, concentration, decision, effectiveness, knowledge, leadership, learning, Management, misperception, performance, slow-leadership, thinking, thought, thoughts, time, timemanagement, work-life | 1 comment»

Opening Your Mind

There’s a common saying that human beings were given two ears (and two eyes), but only one mouth to show that they should listen (and look) at least twice as much as they speak. I think that for managers and leaders that ratio is far too low. Looking and listening should happen maybe ten or more times for every time you open your mouth to make some pronouncement or decision… » Continue

August 21 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: achievement, attention, attitude, habit, information, knowledge, leadership, listening, looking, Management, office-politics, organization, people, performance, questions, slow-leadership, success, work, work-life, working, worklife | 2 comments»

Summer Reading Part Deux

Corante has a great list of reading materials for aspiring knowledge workers. In North America, summer is upon us, so maybe we’re also prespiring knowledge workers. The list has some greats. Here are a few: