yourself with positive statements to use in the event of comments
from others.
For all of these examples, it may be helpful to remember that
you are learning all the time, you just may not be aware of it. You
learn about the way your boss likes to do things by watching. You
pick up ways of resolving a conflict by listening to a skilled friend,
for example.
Sometimes it is helpful to think back over the last week and
try to be more aware of the things that you have learned.
How many of these barriers do you recognize in your life? Think of occasions when you have
come up against a similar barrier and remember how you overcame it.
Switching on your mind—in a nutshell
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YOU HAVE LEARNED:
✔how to understand more about what
motivates you
✔how to use rewards to help you learn
✔how to find intrinsic motivation
✔how to work out your own likely motivation
for any learning
✔why you need to get the big picture
✔why you need to balance challenge and
threat
✔how to boost your motivation
✔the different places in which people prefer
to learn
✔the importance of the social dimension to
learning
✔how to get your own learning environment
ready
✔how to overcome common barriers to
learning
KEY IDEAS
Proper selfishness
Intrinsic and extrinsic
rewards
Intangible assets
Hygiene factors and
satisfiers
KEY TECHNIQUES/
APPROACHES
Getting the big picture
Balancing challenge
and threat
Using rewards
effectively
Using a range of
equipment to support
your learning
