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Hi and thanks to all of you who contacted me after my last post. Great that you got in touch. Here then is the last of the emails relating to the primary senses. I have covered Visual and Auditory so this week let’s have get a handle on Kinaesthetic.

In itself it’s not an easy word to get to grips with. It’s root is Greek, kinein+aesthesis and denotes the sensory experience derived ...

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Memo click here if you would rather hear this than read it.

 

Hello and I hope you have had a fabulous learning week.

Last week’s “article” was about the Visual preference so this week let’s consider the Auditory preference.

Someone with a strong auditory preference likes sound- the sound of other people talking, hearing themselves and other sounds. They may respond well to lectures, audio tapes or CD’s and discussions.

As mentioned previously we all use our five senses to gather information and process ...

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What is your preference?

We each have preferences whether its tea or coffee, beer or wine, Bitter or Lager etc. We know the brain uses our senses to take in information and process. VAK are the primary senses, Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic big words meaning seeing, hearing and touching. We each have preferences in how we take in and process information.

Picture this…..

So, do you get the picture? Chances are that if ...

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Yes! Part five- then I can move onto something else.

So, if Skills, Knowledge and Attitude are the key what do they open? People is what they open! Not obviously in an invasive surgery way but in terms of potential ( ooh I’m feeling a bit queasy now , hospital lights and smells, operating tables, the machine that goes ping etc). If we are serious about people Learning and Developing then we need to make sure they have the right mixture between skills ...

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Just seeing if you are awake!

Logically, part three should have been about Knowledge not part four. The planned structure was :

 

• part one – general outline
• part two Skills
• part three Knowledge
• part four Attitude
• part five ( yes, there will be a part five!) overview

 

However I couldn’t stop myself and went straight for Attitude. Sometimes attitude just has to override logic…..

 

So, Knowledge. As I’m writing this thousands are studying and revising for exams. Despite some ...

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“She has such a great attitude!” “The reason she never gets anywhere is her attitude.”

Or maybe my parents – “you will never get anywhere with that attitude!”

These statements/comments/excalmations  have a ring of truth behind them. Why then do some people appear to have a “good” attitude and some not? We can all leap to our amateur psychology and find a list of convincing reasons. Chances are it’s the way they ...

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