Importance of Learning for improving the - Competency

 Learning play a very important role in improving the Competency  of any individual.

 Competency  of an individual in any working environment  can be focused basically in following two areas:

a)      Personal Competence

b)      Professional Competence

Management experts says  that Personal/Professional Development of an individual is basically responsibility  of :

 Individual himself:     70 – 80 %

 Boss:                           10 – 20%

 Organization:              10 – 20%

Individual needs to take initiative, Boss and Organization  facilitate  support and environment.

Some tips for enhancing competency :

We use our five senses for knowing our out side world. As per management research learning effectiveness :

            By sight:         75%

            By listening    13%

            By smell          03%

            By touch         06%

            By test             03%

Most of the Knowledge acquisition is through sight and listening.  In today’s environment use of Multimedia in class room situation, uses of TV at home are the examples of combined Audio/Visual aids. Because of this, learning effectiveness of an individual has increased. In a class room training and learning situation most of  the time individual need to listen . There are certain guidelines / barriers of good listening which one should clearly understand and practice in his personal as well as professional life for improving his Competency .

 Some of the expert suggests the hierarchy or priority in an individual life situation is as under:

1. Self 
2. Family
3. Service or job
4. Neighbors/Society
5. Nation/World and so on……

 First  you focus on your self, there is a saying also “ All Development start with  

 self development. You are the UNIT  of Family, Organization you are working, Neighborhood /Society , Nation , world and thus part of this Universe.

If every individual start with this philosophy, then the entire world will reform in one universal principle which will create unity and harmony. Rest other development will  follows automatically.

Let us focus on improving effectiveness of the self i.e.  the term Competency enhancement or

Personal Development which is the key to improve an individual. The development of  an individual has three dimensions .

Mental  / Physical / Spiritual.

Following 8 steps may help individuals to take care of all three aspects of personality development

1.      Practice of the moral virtues – Truth, Non violence, Non stealing, Equality & Non accumulation 

2.      Regular habits of purity, contentment, study, austerity, and self surrender to God.

3.      Posture i.e. Physical exercise for improving flexibility of body

4.      Control of the vital energy by breathing – exercise.

5.      Withdrawal of the mind from sense objects.

6.      Concentration

7.      Meditation

8.      Self realization

One can find the way to learn the above in his life from the environment, he is working and start practicing . Never wait for  the things, comes to you the way you want , rather

make the start the way things comes to you. Then , it will make the things happen the way you want.

These are  simple practices, which can improve the personality of any individual who wish to change himself.

Prepared by : S.K.Udaiwal , for any further guidance please contact on email udaiwal@gmail.com