Unintended and Intended Causes and Effects of Training

It is common knowledge that nothing happens without a reason.  There are always causes and conditions and they in turn will produce effects, which will in turn become causes and effects and this goes on.  They called this Dependent Origination, which simply means everything originates from something (read here for the details).   As explained in our previous article on sales, you can use this understanding to boost your effectiveness quickly.  

Today I will talk about Training: what causes people to do training and what are the effects of training.  First training is defined as any learning that is more structured, less informal and not unconscious.  So if you unconsciously learn how to cook better or you hear from friends how to do a better Facebook posting, that is not strictly training as it is called Self Learning.  Therefore training is always coming from somewhere outside you, and the driver of training is usually from someone other than yourself. 

For example, if your boss finds that you are lacking in negotiation skills, your boss will send you for training on negotiation and that is training.  This is called Skill Deficit and is the first cause.

Recently companies do training because it is a trend, as many who have been trained realized that they have become a better person, not just in skills, but also in outlook and personality.  This second cause is Follow the Crowd.

Realizing this, the government gives out PIC 60% cash back to companies that do training, thus this becomes the 3rd most common reason for training: Government Funding.  Read here for details on PIC and what not to do in PIC claims to avoid going to jail.  

Of course there are those people who do training because they cannot resist a good deal from the training provider: Take Advantage of Deals is the 4th cause.  Click here for an example of a 49% discount deal.  

The 5th and most important cause of training is Afraid to Lose.  Companies don't want to lose out to their competitors and thus they have to send their staff for training.  To staff training is considered as a form of staff welfare: either you give me higher salary or give me welfare.  Learn the 36 Stratagems and never be deceived again. 

The following are the 6 Effects of Training:  (see here on how to reap the benefits of training)

1. More Money: Higher sales, higher productivity, lesser wastage, improved cashflow, higher margins, lower risks and ultimately higher profits.  Who don't want more money?
2. More Learning.  We often seen our students coming back to us for more courses, they also asked us to suggest another training provider or give them some links and learning references
3. More Positive Outlook. People become more positive, more proactive and will take on more responsibility after training. This is because they now realize that they can do much more than what they are doing now as the training gives them lost of tools and strategies.  One example is this course at here. 
4. More Instant Solutions to Daily Problems.  This must be the biggest benefit of training: you can get all your major work issues resolved (just ask the trainer during the course). 
5. Use more than 10% of Your Brain.  Most people never use more than 10% of their brain, and some are even proud of that!  With training, your mind is expanded and expounded, and you are never the same person again!  (Click here on how to use more of your brain today)
6. More Happiness.  Because of the above effects, people are more happy after training and you can see from their positiveness and laughters after training

By Andy Ng of Asia Trainers, see course schedule at here. Related articles:

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