The Importance of Professional Development [Infographic]

Brian Wallace July 16, 2020

Professional development doesn’t have to be on hold just because there’s a pandemic. In fact, because people are having more time on their hands for various reasons, many online learning platforms have made their courses free or significantly less expensive. LinkedIn is a great place to access such courses, and when you have completed them you get a certification right on your profile. Learning new skills can put you in a better position when the job market starts to recover, and what else are you doing right now?

If you want to learn new skills, breaking those skills up into smaller pieces makes it a lot easier to get to your end goal. This is a technique called chunking, and it helps you to make your tasks more manageable and give yourself smaller goals to work toward.

Lifelong learning is important because it keeps our minds sharp and gives us something to do. When you learn new things you often end up making new friends or finding a new way to add meaning to your life through a hobby or pastime. People who learn new things report feeling more connected to their communities and become more open to taking on volunteer opportunities as an investment in those communities.

Learning new things also enhances your overall confidence and allows you to see challenges as opportunities to try something new. Every time we accomplish something new, new connections are made in our brains. Over time success becomes a habit and is easier than not succeeding.

Even failure is a valuable learning tool. Embracing failure not only makes us more resilient, it teaches us far more than succeeding ever can.

Professional development shouldn’t be on hold just because there’s a pandemic going on outside. Learn more about learning new skills fast from the infographic below.

Infographic source: Fast Online Masters

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