Importance of Learning

Maintenance Learning

Maintenance learning refers to keeping you current in your field. This type of learning keeps you on pace and prevents you from falling behind. Many people think that reading an occasional book and keeping up with current blogs or newsletters is equivalent to adding to their education, but this is not the case. This would be equivalent of checking the stock market every day to find out the sales prices of various stocks and securities. This information isn’t going add to your knowledge of the company, the market or the investment potential of a particular stock. Maintenance learning is absolutely essential. It is similar to light physical exercise that keeps you at a particular level of fitness. It won’t increase your level of fitness or improve your conditioning in any way, but it will keep you in shape.

Growth Learning

Growth learning increases knowledge and skills, adding to your repertoire. It brings knowledge that you did not have before. It helps you to expand your mind. You are acquiring information that you didn’t have. It enables you to do things that you may not have done previously. Some of the very best thinkers in the world today are producing some of the very best materials and ideas that you can use for continuous education. These resources will help you to expand your mind. You can find this information by doing search online. You can discover great ideas but by listening to podcasts, blogs and reading books you can even discover incredible information without having to spend any money.

Shock learning is learning that contradicts or reverses a piece of knowledge or understanding that you already have.  Peter Drucker in his book Innovation and Entrepreneurship said that the front and primary sources of innovation in a company are successes and the unexpected failures, something that happens that is completely inconsistent with the expectations of what would have or should have. This shock is inside to enable you to take advantage of insights or make a major change in the marketplace. It’ll even guard against serious reversal. Unfortunately most people are creatures of habit. When something happens that is simply unexpected they choose to ignore it in favor of old information with which they are more comfortable. So, try not to be afraid of change the benefits of learning.

Instead, learn to drive the investigation and research on further information. Each person must first experience the conditional peak of interest and develop an importance in the topic of choice. I love the quote that says the day you stop learning is the day you stop living.

 

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By Tracy Atkinson

Tracy Atkinson, mother of six, lives in the Midwest with her husband and spirited long-haired miniature dachshunds. She is a teacher, having taught elementary school to higher education, holding degrees in elementary education and a master’s in higher education. Her passion is researching, studying and investigating the attributes related to self-directed learners and learning styles. She has published several titles, including MBTI Learning Styles: A Practical Approach, The Art of Learning Journals, Calais: The Annals of the Hidden, Lemosa: The Annals of the Hidden, Book Two, Rachel’s 8 and Securing Your Tent. She is currently working on a non-fiction text exploring the attributes of self-directed learners: The Five Characteristics of Self-directed Learners. Check out her courses on Udemy.