Many people have negative expectations when the thought of training is mentioned, which is often associated with failure and under achievement. A negative expectation will cause parts of your brain to shut down, and significantly limit your ability to take in new information. This type of experience will reinforce a belief that you lack the ability to easily learn a new subject.
Network Marketing can have a large learning curve for many people. There are a few things you can do to accelerate your learning curve and grasp the subject quickly, so that you may put it into action and gain mastery. We have all heard that a positive mental attitude and a relaxed state of mind are important to learning. There are 5 principles explained more deeply in another article;
1) Desire ??? Learn what YOU want to learn
2) Motivation ??? Know WHAT is in it for YOU
3) Relevance ??? How is the information you are learning relevant to what you want in life?
4) Anticipation ??? Learn what you look forward to learning about!
5) Positive Expectation ??? Be positive about the desired outcome of your learning experience!
If you can think of one successful learning experience that you have had in your life, then you can train yourself to have an entirely new attitude of self confidence around learning a new subject. Think of a time when you were able to immediately grasp a new concept. Perhaps it is an area were others may have struggled at first, but you were able to get it right away. It could be something as simple as learning a new card game, or understanding driving directions to an unfamiliar place.
Most of our conditioning has occurred over time in a random course of events, which usually creates beliefs by default. By choosing a positive past experience, and continually focusing on it so its bigger, brighter and more detailed, you can create a peak moment in your ability to learn.
Our minds never forget experiences we have had - but only the ability to recall them consciously. It is usually experiences that cause us pain that we tend to block out. However, they do not disappear. They only become suppressed, showing up later as behaviors when similar situations arise.
Choosing an experience that gave you a positive emotion in your ability to learn can quickly alter your state of mind, and begin to replace negative programming that may have previously inhibited your learning capabilities.
Developing this skill will enable you to practice the aforementioned principles to continually increase your learning curve making it easier to consistently apply new skills you develop.
