How to Become a Top Performer through Self-Directed Learning

Find out how to bottle your own recipe for success. The best way to improve our own

performance is to leverage the skills of top performers that we know, and this is where self-directed training comes into its own. 

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What is Self-Directed Learning?

Now for the science part...

A recent article on the Neuroscience of Self-Directed Learning by the Chief Learning Officer stated that there are two methods by which the efforts and intelligence of top performing employees can be replicated:

1. Emphasize and instill in the top performers the abilities that make them unique
2. Mold other employees to think, behave and act like the top performers 

While the former can be achieved through ‘self-discovery’, there isn’t any concrete evidence to suggest the success rate of that method. Self-directed learning, on the other hand, can be attained by the ‘rewiring of neurons into new patterns’ and can help develop everybody to become a top performer.

How is that possible?

The neuroscience of learning states that specific images, words or actions evoke a change in the attitude, perception and thought process of an individual. The effect of these objects, if positive, can drive a person to output profitable and successful ideas as well as attitudes.

For example, let's take language training, which is a hot topic for any company when it comes to recruitment.

Learning a new language can be an outcome of either contributing to the benefit of others or for the survival of oneself. Either way, both the reasons are capable of driving an individual to improve their language skills.

Technology today has given a rise to various platforms, such as VILT learning (Virtual Instructor-Led Training) and self-study online courses, all of which aid in complementing the language-learning journey, whatever the motivation may be.

There are 3 key factors that encourage the creation of top performers through self-directed learning:

1. Diving into intrinsic motivation to learn
2. Ample amount of practice to internalize the content learnt
3. High support from social circle(s)

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