| Business training content should be something that | | | | Sitting still through a lecture or teleseminar is |
| will enhance your business and help you increase | | | | difficult for me, no matter how interesting the |
| your revenue, skills or happiness; however, the | | | | subject matter. To counteract this tendency for |
| way in which you learn should help you determine | | | | my mind to wander in situations such as |
| how those skills are best processed by you. | | | | teleseminars, I tend to doodle about what the |
| Essentially there are 3 different learning modalities: | | | | person is speaking about or take notes. If the |
| Visual - You find writing things down, or highlighting | | | | speaker is referencing things from the web I will |
| them to help you best to recall the information. | | | | bring them up on my computer. I do have to |
| Diagrams, photos, video or even cards with notes | | | | make an effort not to become too involved with |
| on them - remember flash cards in math? All of | | | | whatever is on the web so I tune out the |
| those are helpful for those that process things | | | | speaker. I know the point of my doodling or |
| visually. | | | | surfing the web is to keep my mind engaged on |
| Auditory - You learn best by closing your eyes, | | | | what the speaker is saying. |
| blocking out the world and listening. Word | | | | The most important thing to do is think about the |
| Association is an effective tool that you use to | | | | ways you process information best and then |
| remember things. Tapes and teleconferences are | | | | choose the classes or lessons that work with that |
| fabulous ways for you to increase you business | | | | modality. If there is a class or seminar that you |
| acumen. | | | | want to be involved in that is not your strength, |
| Kinesthetic - You learn best by jumping in and | | | | think of ways to incorporate your learning |
| doing it. You are the one that glosses over | | | | modality. Someone who is auditory might want to |
| directions and fiddles around with things until you | | | | record a seminar to listen to later. Someone who |
| know how to do it. Lessons that include games, | | | | is visual might choose to take notes and go over |
| role-playing and props (or physical examples of | | | | them with a highlighter later. A kinesthetic person |
| something you can touch) make a much bigger | | | | would choose to jump in and try out whatever it |
| impression on you. | | | | is they are learning to see how it feels. Play to |
| Most people do not have just one modality. I learn | | | | your strengths, while still being aware of your |
| best kinesthetically, but I also learn well visually. | | | | weaknesses. |