Learning: The Magic of Making Training FUN

I have spent the last few days in Melbourne, Australia. The days with academics in the University and some of the world's top CEO's of software companies was a refreshing experience. Who is a digital native? Most likely your children and Gen Y's. Digital Immigrants - needless to say it is more about people in their 40's and above. It was an interesting debate. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Victoria made 4 important points: 1. Solution Pull is always more effective than Technology push. It is about soultions not how great the technology is. 2. It is always the simple things that win in the market place. 3. All it requires is to work till we exceed the threshhold to get success such as Hot mail. 4. User interfaces and learner needs are more important than the features of your product. The business world here is buzzing with several new initiatives despite the elections here.

Time Management has always been a misnomer. We can never manage time, we can only manage ourselves with respect to time.That was a valid argument, I thought. Today, I read Tony Schwartz in this month's Harvard Business Review. He says most of us respond to rising demands in the workplace by working longer. This will inevitably lead to longer working hours and will take a toll on the physical, mental and emotional health. The core problem with time is that it is a finite resource.Energy is a different story. Defined in physics as the capacity to work, energy comes from four main wellsprings in human being: the body, emotions, mind and spirit. While the body is all about physical energy; the emotions about the quality of energy; the mind the focus of energy and the human spirit the energy of meaning and purpose. In each, the energy can be expanded by establishing specific rituals with the goal of making them habits. We can make it a ritual to exercise in the gym everyday as some of u...