From the course: Components of Effective Learning
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Harness risk in your training
From the course: Components of Effective Learning
Harness risk in your training
- When are you most alert, most attentive? When are you thinking full speed? Think for a minute. When does that happen? Got it? My answer is when you feel at risk. When you perceive yourself to be at risk, what do you do? You start thinking about all the actions you can take to reduce the risk. Being in risk is not comfortable. So you start thinking about, what would the results be of each action I can think of taking? Think about what happens when you're challenged. You try to identify your options and predict the outcome of each one so you can pick the best option. Now hold that thought. Think about games. Nearly every game presents a challenge to players. You're challenged by other players and/or the game itself, and that's fun. That's generally the primary reason games are fun. They put you at risk through challenges and the more you play a game, the less risk you have unless, of course, you keep playing…
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