Download or read book The First 20 Hours written by Josh Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the methods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard keyboard, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the simple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Figure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcomponents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accurate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chainsaws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.
Download or read book Schoolishness written by Susan D. Blum and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Schoolishness, Susan D. Blum continues her journey as an anthropologist and educator. The author defines "schoolishness" as educational practices that emphasize packaged "learning," unimaginative teaching, uniformity, constant evaluation by others, arbitrary forms, predetermined time, and artificial boundaries, resulting in personal and educational alienation, dependence, and dread. Drawing on critical, progressive, and feminist pedagogy in conversation with the anthropology of learning, and building on the insights of her two previous books Blum proposes less-schoolish ways of learning in ten dimensions, to lessen the mismatch between learning in school and learning in the wild. She asks, if learning is our human "superpower," why is it so difficult to accomplish in school? In every chapter Blum compares the fake learning of schoolishness with successful examples of authentic learning, including in her own courses, which she scrutinizes critically. Schoolishness is not a pedagogical how-to book, but a theory-based phenomenology of institutional education. It has moral, psychological, and educational arguments against schoolishness that, as Blum notes, "rhymes with foolishness."
Download or read book LPN to RN Transitions E Book written by Lora Claywell and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the next step in your nursing career — master the role of the RN! With a special focus on preparing for the Next Generation NCLEX-RN® (NGN) exam, LPN to RN Transitions, 6th Edition helps you learn the concepts and skills required of registered nurses. The book covers all the basics, including a discussion of nursing theory and the nursing process as well as key provider-of-care skills such as clinical judgment, communication, and evidence-based decision making. It also covers the RN's role as manager of care, with coverage of leading, delegating and interprofessional collaboration. Written by nursing educator Lora Claywell, this complete guide helps you succeed in the classroom, on the NGN, and in clinical practice. - NEW! All NCLEX® question types are provided, including questions for the NGN in the Prepare Now to Pass NCLEX-RN® chapter. - NEW! Expanded information includes key topics such as emotional intelligence, workplace burnout, and competency-based guidelines, as well as the paramedic to RN transition and Canadian nursing considerations. - Complete coverage addresses the skills required in registered nursing and how they differ from those of practical or vocational nursing. - Clear, succinct writing style makes learning easier. - Case studies help you apply your knowledge to real-world clinical situations. - Clinical Judgment questions at the end of every chapter reinforce your understanding of key concepts. - Key Terms, Key Points, and FYI boxes summarize the content you need to know. - Helpful learning features include topics such as time management, study skills, test-taking, class participation strategies, and learning as an adult. - Engaging design and exercises keep you focused on learning objectives and boost your understanding. - Respect for the accomplishments of the LPN/LVN and Paramedic is emphasized throughout the text.
Download or read book Never Stop Learning written by Bradley R. Staats and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep learning, or risk becoming irrelevant. It's a truism in today's economy: the only constant is change. Technological automation is making jobs less routine and more cognitively challenging. Globalization means you're competing with workers around the world. Simultaneously, the internet and other communication technologies have radically increased the potential impact of individual knowledge.The relentless dynamism of these forces shaping our lives has created a new imperative: we must strive to become dynamic learners. In every industry and sector, dynamic learners outperform their peers and realize higher impact and fulfillment by learning continuously and by leveraging that learning to build yet more knowledge. In Never Stop Learning, behavioral scientist and operations expert Bradley R. Staats describes the principles and practices that comprise dynamic learning and outlines a framework to help you become more effective as a lifelong learner. The steps include: Valuing failure Focusing on process, not outcome, and on questions, not answers Making time for reflection Learning to be true to yourself by playing to your strengths Pairing specialization with variety Treating others as learning partners Replete with the most recent research about how we learn as well as engaging stories that show how real learning happens, Never Stop Learning will become the operating manual for leaders, managers, and anyone who wants to keep thriving in the new world of work.
Download or read book Managing People written by Rosemary Thomson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and exciting fourth edition of Managing People: A Practical Guide for Front-Line Managers addresses the growing needs of front-line managers who are not themselves specialists in personnel management but whose roles require them to have these skills. A growing trend over the last two decades has given these managers an increasing amount of responsibility of direct line management, which can be extremely challenging especially if the correct training is not given. This book examines how the different parts of managing people fit together, whilst acknowledging that different contexts require different approaches and recognizing ongoing organizational, environmental and legal changes that affect the employment framework. It recognizes the rapidly changing context in which modern front-line managers have to operate and acknowledges the increasing expectations of good leadership as a necessity. However, the book also emphasizes the need for front-line managers to understand themselves, their own management styles and attitudes, together with the importance of empathy in appreciating the perspectives of the staff that work under them. Managing People: A Practical Guide for Front-Line Managers is designed for both new managers and for NVQ/SVQ Level 4 students. It is also appropriate for the first stages of Foundation Degrees and for HND courses combining academic study with workplace learning.
Download or read book Learning in Chaos written by James Hite. Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how change is a functional characteristic of any organization. And, as organizations begin to understand the nature of change, they can still adapt and grow by incorporating change into their structure instead of trying to control it. To help you understand and grow in this ever-changing environment, this book covers four principal areas of thought on change. Chaos, including chaos theory Organizational theory and practice Learning theory and practice The general social environment Executives, managers, and other organizational leaders will find this book invaluable as they refocus the direction of their organizations in order to realize the benefits of learning under changed environmental circumstances.
Download or read book Mindset written by Carol S. Dweck and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement. “Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes “It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.” After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.
Download or read book Communicative Behaviour of a Language Learner written by Dagmara Gałajda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates and analyzes the way in which factors such as communication apprehension, self-perceived communicative competence and group dynamics influence the communicative behavior of a foreign-language learner. It also focuses on interpersonal communication, group communication and public speaking. Using selected models it characterizes and analyzes all types of communication with reference to communication in the language classroom, with a particular emphasis on the foreign-language context. The author also presents some conclusions and implications for both language teachers and language learners, as well as offering suggestions for further research in the field of classroom communication. The results of the study serve as a point of reference for teachers interested in the construct of willingness to communicate and other communication variables related to the issue of communication in a foreign language. The work also raises teachers' awareness of individual learner differences in the context of communication in the foreign-language classroom.
Download or read book Managing and Organizations written by Stewart R Clegg and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here Now in its Third Edition, this unique and highly esteemed text goes from strength to strength, continuing to offer: seamless coverage of the essential topics of organizational behaviour a realist's guide to management capturing the complex life of organizations (the paradoxical, emotional, insecure, self-confident, responsible, irresponsible) and delivers the key themes and debates in an accessible way interactive, instructive (and fun) learning aids and features, both in the text and on the Companion Website an attractive, easily navigable, full-colour text design a guide to further reading including hand-selected journal articles, many of which are available on the Companion Website. As well as cutting-edge content and features, the Third Edition now includes: clearer, more concise exposition of all you need to know about organizations expanded coverage of public-sector, informal and non-profit organizations additional discussion of international cultures revised case studies to cater for readers across the world at all levels of knowledge and experience a revisited Companion Website with longer case studies. Over the last seven years, more and more students and tutors have been won over by Managing and Organizations' coverage, wisdom and insight, and this new edition is a yet more essential guide to negotiating and understanding the bustling and complex life of organizations. Visit the Companion Website at www.sagepub.co.uk/managingandorganizations3 To watch Tyrone Pitsis talk about the new edition of Managing and Organizations - click here.
Download or read book Powerful Mental Development written by Karma Changchub Dorje and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful Mental Development is the study of how to gain the most from your time, life, and mind. This is achieved through the practice of meditation and self-discovery.
Download or read book Navigating Through Changing Times written by Anne Eskola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complexity theory including the concepts of chaos and emergence has been considered one of the most revolutionary products of the 20th century having influence on science, technology and economics among others. Any complex systems, such as organisms, societies, stock market or the Internet, have emergent properties that cannot be reduced to the mere properties of their parts. The theory has been used in organizational studies and strategic management where it offers an alternative way to look at organizations. The theory rejects the idea of organizations seen as machines and a planned approach to organizational change. Instead, the theory underlines understanding on how organizations adapt to their environments. Complexity theory suggests that organizations tend to self-organize themselves to a state where they regulate themselves. Complexity theory would advocate for approaches that focus on flatter, more flexible organizations. It shifts focus from management control to self-organization and individual interrelations between different people. The aim of Navigating through Changing Times: Knowledge Work in Complex Environment is to give insights on how complexity has changed the environment of many business organizations. The book aims at identifying and discussing special features of business organizations performing knowledge work in a knowledge-oriented economy. Navigating through Changing Times: Knowledge Work in Complex Environment will be vital reading for those scholar and researchers in the fields of knowledge and wisdom management as well as organizational behavior and communication, HRM, strategy, culture, change and development and other related disciplines.
Download or read book The Truth about Leadership written by James M. Kouzes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at what it means to lead from two of the biggest names in leadership In these turbulent times, when the very foundations of organizations and societies are shaken, leaders need to move beyond pessimistic predictions, trendy fads, and simplistic solutions. They need to turn to what's real and what's proven. In their engaging, personal, and bold new book, bestselling authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner reveal ten time-tested truths that discuss what every leader must know, the questions they must be prepared to answer, and the real-world issues they will likely face. In the book, you’ll find: Material based on thirty years of research, more than one million responses to Kouzes and Posner's leadership assessment, and the questions people most want leaders to answer Explorations of the fundamental, enduring truths of leadership that hold constant regardless of context or circumstance-leaders make a difference, credibility, values, trust, leading by example, heart, and more Demonstrations of emerging leaders and what they need to know to be effective Fans of The Leadership Challenge will find a dynamic new look at the real challenges leaders face today. The book draws from cases spanning three generations of leaders from around the world. It’s an indispensable resource leaders can use to do their real and necessary work-bringing about the essential changes that will renew organizations and communities.
Download or read book Judaism s Encounter with Other Cultures written by Gerald J. Blidstein and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of Judaism's relationship to secular learning and wisdom is one of the most basic concerns of Jewish intellectual history. The authors collected in this study discuss both sides of the issue and collectively offer an eloquent and convincing case for the perpetuation of Judaism's dialogue with the 'outside' world.
Download or read book Reengineering Library Services written by and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teaching Kids to Think Critically written by Clifton Chadwick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on a simple series of psychological concepts. While ability to think has always been important, the knowledge economy significantly increases the demand for higher order thinking and problem-solving abilities. Parents should take a much more active role in teaching their children to think. Early preschool years are critical because long-term attitudes and early strategies are learned then. Approaches and perspectives on learning to think can be clearly communicated to parents in ways which will make it possible for them to use the correct strategies to stimulate their students to think more clearly and critically. There are five elements involved in good, logical, critical, and creative thinking: 1. The skills involved in effective, efficient, and lasting learning, or commonly referred to as cognitive processing strategies 2. The mastery of logic and structure of what is being learned 3. Awareness of what one knows and does not know, and how one knows and how one thinks 4. The standards or guidelines for the validity and reliability of what one knows, called intellectual standards 5. The knowledge and skills involved in critical thinking and solving problems in different subjects or domains
Download or read book Training for Full Spectrum Operations written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will help develop an Army experienced enough to be comfortable with operating anywhere, in any type of operation, under any conditions. Its principles and concepts are intended to produce agile leaders, who can rapidly and easily adapt to changing, ambiguous situations. The manual's 4 chapters address the breadth and depth of Army training concepts. FM 7-0 sets out to change the Army mindset. The Army cannot return to its pre-9-11 focus of training for offensive and defensive operations in major combat operations. Army leaders must think differently about training and leader development in an Army that must be capable of conducting simultaneous offense, defense, and stability or civil support operations in any of the 5 operational themes. Illus.
Download or read book How to Stop Procrastinating written by Lilly De Sisto and published by Lilly De Sisto. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ✓ Finally available the complete book to know everything, absolutely everything about how to stop procrastinating! In this book we highlight all the techniques and strategies to stop overthinking and get things done now! Procrastination is a natural human tendency, but it seems to have been exacerbated in recent years. And the reason is simple: the activities to perform, the skills to learn, the work and social duties, have multiplied insanely. And so, time management has become extremely complicated. But, how to get out from the comfort zone? You found the book you were looking for: you will learn why you are lazy, why you keep procrastinating as it is the most natural thing in your life and what you have to do to finally get more done and take control of your life! BOOK INDEX 1. Introduction 1. Find out what makes you procrastinate 2. Don't be afraid to fail 3. Stop being insecure 4. Stop overthinking 5. Don't wait for the right moment 6. Plan... but not too much! 7. Organize your time! 8. Do something for 20 seconds 9. Beware of distractions 10. Follow the 80% rule 11. Find people with the same goals as you 12. Change your way of thinking 13. How to stop procrastinating through 4 basic emotions 14. How to reach your goals 15. Author's comments ✓ Buy the book now! What are you waiting for? Don't you want to finally enjoy your life and being successful? Grab a copy of the manual and LEARN EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET THINGS DONE ONCE FOR GOOD!
