| Having just started a new job after not working | | | | back into an acceptable perspective. I am presently |
| outside the home for a good many years, I am learning | | | | learning things about the computer that I have never |
| some helpful hints about how to make this new | | | | been exposed to before and often find overwhelming |
| venture more pleasant and more successful. | | | | and frustrating. When I get to the point that I cannot |
| The experience of starting a new job is daunting for | | | | concentrate on anything at all because my seems so |
| most people. Often they find themselves in a situation | | | | full it will explode, I need to walk away from the task at |
| that is totally unfamiliar where they feel they have | | | | hand and do something else for a short while. When I |
| very little control Being in uncharted territory is always | | | | return to the assignment I'm much more likely to be |
| a bit uncomfortable for most of us. I have certainly | | | | able to process the necessary information. Time-outs |
| found that to be the case and I've discovered that the | | | | help. |
| more quickly you immerse yourself into learning what | | | | Nothing seems to be more beneficial to the learning of |
| you need to know the better and easier it gets. | | | | a new job than on-the-job training. I am convinced that |
| This involves attitude and enthusiasm for what you're | | | | learning and trying and making mistakes, fixing them |
| trying to accomplish. It involves begin willing to put in the | | | | and learning some more is the very best way to |
| time and effort necessary to acquire the knowledge | | | | master a job. Having said that, I personally also find it |
| and skills necessary to fulfill your responsibilities | | | | very helpful to have things written down in black and |
| Mistakes will happen. They are part of the learning | | | | white that I can refer back to. A concisely written out |
| curve for almost everything and actually help to | | | | plan is a very helpful tool for me. One has to find the |
| expedite the process of learning as we attempt to fix | | | | ways of learning a new job that best suit them. |
| the error and rework the problem. Think back to when | | | | Learning new skills and acquiring new information can |
| you learned to ride a bicycle or roller skate or water | | | | be very time consuming and uncomfortable as we |
| ski. Were you able to do these things perfectly the | | | | seem to stretch our abilities and our brain power |
| first time you tried? Undoubtedly not. One learns by | | | | beyond their limits but it is all for our good. Learning |
| trying, failing, trying again and again until one eventually | | | | new things is an excellent way to stay mentally sharp. |
| succeeds. | | | | Brains deteriorate from lack of use the same as |
| At times when one is learning a lot of new material the | | | | bodies do. Both benefit from being challenged. |
| brain seems to want to just shut down as if it can't | | | | Most of us are quite content to live in our comfort |
| accept one more piece of information. I have | | | | zones however, the knowledge that life is for growing |
| experienced that feeling of complete overload and | | | | and learning and improving should compel us to want |
| have found that the most helpful thing to do is to take | | | | to stretch ourselves and be willing to change and |
| a time-out. Just to be removed from the pressure of | | | | adapt. |
| the moment for a brief period seems to put things | | | | |