parents wishful thinking

I find myself introverted these days, for unknown reason - I feel like being left pretty much alone, not that talkative. Let's just call this a rare occurrence of doremish's "hermit mode".

So in the shower today (where most of my thinking happens...), I wondered about the whole learning curve / learning speed concept. I think 99% of people say they're fast-learners somewhere in their résumé (which makes me wonder if this is one of those things that get only get noticed if they are not done). As a matter of fact, I do too, but then, I have a little confession to make.

I don't think I'm a fast-learner - well, not in the traditional fast-learner type of a way. I'm sure some phd in Psychology is writing up a thesis and publishing another 800-pages-2-volumes useless HR Management book on this already, but there are probably different types of learners. You got the Can't Learn for Shits, Painfully Slow, Slow but Steady, Moderate, Fast, and last but not least, I think my category is Fast and Sloppy (to which I'm going to give another name by the end of this blog).

But of course I'm generalizing myself - from my experience in trying to learn fighting games, going from Fast and Sloppy to Can't Learn for Shits is entirely possible depending to the subject matter.

The point is, I'm frustratingly bad at learning during my first few attempts. I'd be one of those who make every single mistake or make it a worse case scenario, without even trying. Now a true fast-learner, imho, would first learn the rules, ponder and plan and think about it, and execute. There will be some mistakes for adjustments but it will take a few tries to make it right. In my case, I just dive in and execute in what I think is probably-right-kinda-like-this way, which most of the time leads to, depending on what I'm doing, a long-and-frustrating-losing-streak, wasted food ingredients, burnt things, etc, etc.

It totally has to do with impatience and wanting to just take information and run with it (sometimes, not waiting to have all the information before I start running with it). The redemption, is that when you make all the serious mistakes, it's pretty darn memorable and is probably pretty good lesson for learning.

This is also probably why, if today I was on Reality TV, I'd be screwed - I'll probably be eliminated in the first episode. But if I survive, in the subsequent episode, I think I'd do above average.

I'll call this a Second Chance Learner.

Wow, I just noticed that my post doesn't have ANYTHING TO DO with my entry's title. Meh.