Accelerated Learning Colin Rose Video

The skills itincorporates and why you need them

Having been a self-developmenttrainer for many years I have come to the conclusion that when looking at themany life skills that humans need to master in order to mould for themselves ajoyous, fulfilling and creative life, accelerated learning skills are probablythe most important of all. Not only dothese skills make a huge difference to the individual, they also have a massiveimpact on the corporate sector. Theannual figure spent on corporate training is colossal and yet without theimplementation of these foundation skills it is apparent that the vast majorityof this money, representing thousands of pounds, is being totally wasted.

As opposed to the ?one career?life typical of yesteryear, in today's age most people are being required tomake several changes during their working life. It is predicted by Charles Handy, Professor of Economics, that in thegeneration to come it will not be unusual for someone to have between 5 and 7completely separate careers. This means that not only must we be adept atchange, but also comfortable and confident amongst this constant bombardment ofnew information and demand for learning. It is already the case that ?intellectually? talented people demandhigher salaries than those that are ?physically? advantaged, and this will beincreasingly so in the work environment that is developing.

In this ever-changing world withits fast pace, uncertainty and job insecurity, the only thing that is certainis uncertainty itself. In almost alloccupations knowledge is doubling every 2-3 years meaning that someone who isfully qualified in the year 1999 might find their qualifications woefullyinadequate by the year 2002.

As the economy in the worldshifts, people who are appropriately educated will tend to do best and thepremium that society will pay for such skills will climb. ?Appropriate? education will be increasinglybiased towards the incorporation of accelerated learning techniques, which willprovide the core skills necessary to succeed and grow in the years tocome. It is important that you look uponlife as a lifelong adventure, and appreciate that the future belongs to thosewho are prepared to change and learn, and that to stand still is really to gobackwards

The most important aspect oflearning is being proficient in how to learn. Once you can master this ability, no new project, language or situationwill again overwhelm you. And once youpossess the basic techniques then, like riding a bicycle, they will be with youforever, meaning ?the world is your oyster?.

To increase your effectiveness instudying in this new age of information overload must you just push yourselfharder? Fortunately, the answer isNO. Rising stress levels caused by theneed to acquire boundless information forced a study of this issue and a searchfor solutions. The result was the set ofprinciples developed by academics and known internationally as ?acceleratedlearning?. This uses some of the recentadvances in cognitive science and offers an exciting new prospective onharnessing the whole brain's phenomenal capabilities. Accelerated learning offers ways to unlock anamazing array of cognitive skills.

? Exponentiallyincreased abilities for gathering, storing, comprehending, synthesising,sorting, implementing and retaining new-found knowledge.

? Improvedconcentration and efficiency for stress-free learning.

? Betterstrategic, critical and creative thinking.

Paradoxically, the strategy toaccess your huge hidden capabilities is not simply to push yourself harder butto work much more closely with your own hidden mind. Since these concepts are different from mosttraditional approaches to learning accelerated learning has developed avenuesto greatly facilitate whole and direct brain function. Accelerated learning improves our approach tostudy through learning, research and theory and the laws governing the functioningof the brain. And uses techniques that tap into your brain's amazing andawesome capabilities.

But before considering enteringupon the study of accelerated learning skills you should assess yourself ? doyou possess the two fundamental characteristics necessary without which youcannot even begin to develop yourself to your greatest potential?

1. Agenuine desire to want to learn, and

2. Astrong seated belief in your ability to learn.

Without fulfilling these basiccriteria all the techniques and skills in the world will be of no use whatsoeverand you will never fully develop.

So, what are Accelerated LearningTechniques? They are seven pillars,which combine to effectively provide a profoundly efficient and stress-freemethod of learning. These are:-

? Understandingthe power of the mind and how it works

? Recognisingthe nine intelligence ?types? and identifying your own

? Usingmind maps

? Usingmusic

? Speedreading

? Developingeffective memory techniques

? Knowinghow to study and learn

POWEROF THE MIND. Amazing as it sounds, it is only in the last 150 years that scientistshave pinpointed where our brain is, and the last 15-18 years that they havebegun to have a proper understanding of how it functions. Dr David Samuels of the Weizmamn Instituteestimated that underlying the brain's basic range of activities up to 1 millionchemical reactions take place every minute. There is a minimum of1,000,000,000,000 (one million million) individual neurons or nerve cells. This figure becomes even more amazing whenyou realise that each of your neurons can interact with up to 100,000 otherneurons in many ways at any one time. Infact, it has recently been estimated that the number of permutations may be 1followed by 800 zeros. A number tooenormous to think about. There reallyare no limitations whatsoever to the power of your brain. It is limitless.

INTELLIGENCE is not fixed but is a set of abilities and skillsapplied in a given context. A person canexcel in one situation, displaying impressive intelligence and yet appear at acomplete loss in another situation. Evaluated at its most basic level intelligence could be described as theability to Learn ? Retain ? Recall ?Apply. However, studied moreclosely, Professor Howard Gardner came up with the theory of multipleintelligences and it is now widely accepted that there are nine different?types? of intelligence ?

? linguistic/language

? mathematical/logical

? musical

? physical

? inter-personal

? intra-personal

? visio-spacial

? naturist

? spiritual.

Unfortunately,the educational system of today is derived from the 1830's Prussian system,which addresses and values only two of these intelligence types ?linguistic/language and mathematical/logical - and sadly fails those who fallinto one of the many other categories. By identifying your own natural type of intelligence you are able todevelop it to its full potential. Beyondthis, it is also possible to learn how to consciously exploit your full rangeof intelligences; a technique that ensures balanced learning, and the abilityto think in new and different ways.

MIND MAPPING is one of the fundamental keystones to acceleratedlearning. It is an invaluable devicedeveloped by Tony Buzan for learning, retaining, recalling and applyinginformation, which is designed to use the whole brain. It will strengthen ordevelop your strategic thinking and problem-solving skills. Indeed, mindmapping is such a powerful tool that it can revolutionise your completeapproach to work and life, allowing you to adapt a more dynamic, proactiveapproach to life and enhance your creativity. Mind mapping breaks away from the traditional method of ?linearlearning? (eg writing in lines) and uses patterns that work more efficientlywith your ?multi-dimensional? brain. Ifone had to choose just one of the accelerated learning skills it ismind-mapping that would have the most profound effect upon ones life.

LISTENING TO MUSIC that you enjoy is an uplifting experience,harmonising body and soul. However, usedproperly it is also an invaluable tool for effortlessly easing new informationinto your long-term memory. Music canmimic the brain's wavelength when it is in the receptive state forlearning. The left half of the brainrelates to the music's rhythm and sounds and the right side identifies with thetextures of each sound. Therefore,learning new words or information against a set musical pattern unites leftbrain activity (words) and right brain activity (music). For example, Bulgarian educator, Dr GeorgiLozanov, in his pioneering work with accelerated learning techniques carriedout extensive studies that demonstrated how Baroque music's steady tempo of 60beats per minute parallels the brains wavelength when in a state of relaxedalertness, called Alpha, and is conducive to learning and retention.

SPEED READING is a technique which is governed by understanding howthe eye interacts with the brain, recognising memory rhythms and adapting yourreading speed for different reading matter. The average person reads at the rate of 240 words per minute, and yet,it is quite possible to obtain the skill of reading up to 2000 or more wordsper minute. The problems typicallyexperienced by people include lack of concentration, poor recall,unsatisfactory level of understanding, limited attention span and the inabilityto deal with distractions. Many of theseproblems are routed in the traditional method of reading you were taught as achild. By re-adjusting this method mostof these problems are eliminated and you can become not only a faster readerbut a better one.

MEMORY. The belief that memory worsenswith age is a fallacy. In fact, thememory is like a muscle; the more it is used, the better it gets. And viceversa. So it is important to learn howto utilise your natural learning style to ease memory recall. According to the 80/20 rule which is takenfrom Perato's Law (Alfredo Perato, Italy, 1895) the average person loses 80% ofwhat is learnt within 24 hours, because it is not learned correctly. By learning the differing techniques andsystems available to improve memory skills, you can ensure that facts learnedare locked into long term memory.

HOW TO LEARN AND STUDY. Preparation is vital to any task. To enableeffective learning to take place painlessly you must first prepare themind. Accelerated learning techniqueswill show you how to gather information, without overload, sifting importantinformation from the superfluous. Theunique M.A.S.T.E.R. system will effectively enable you to fearlessly approachall future learning.

? M ? Prepare the mind forlearning

? A ? Acquire the information

? S ? Search out the meaning

? T ? Trigger the memory

? E ? Exhibit what you know

? R ? Reflect on how you learned

An increasing number of companiesare feeling the economic strain of providing necessary training, and arerealising that much of the money invested in this vital area is not justifiedby the subsequent results. Returning topeople who have attended courses after periods of one, three and six months, itis devastatingly apparent that very little of the course learning has beenretained, and even less implemented. If80% of learning is so rapidly lost it means that effectively 80% of thetraining budget is wasted. Therefore, itis essential that the basic skills of learning be absorbed first so thatsubsequent training is worthwhile. People need to have an understanding of how the brain works so that theycan use it in the most effective way, and once they have established the skillsincorporated within accelerated learning techniques they will find their lifevery much enhanced. Not only will it help them in their work but many otheraspects of their life.

Hope, you enjoy thisarticle.

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