Author: Darren
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Sunday Zephyr – Perspective
Keeping it in perspective. Keeping it real? It’s tough to do when there is so much bad news, rubbish news. I’m having a week off. I am going to do a bit of skiing in NZ and I am going to be keeping it all in perspective. Great little video below on the topic of…
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Blockchains – What does it all mean?
Photo by Radek Grzybowski on Unsplash The word blockchain keeps coming up everywhere and until recently I didn’t really get it. Check out this explanation. It might help. Read the article here.
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Sunday Zephyr – Whales!
Photo by Jennett Bremer on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? It’s whale season and everyone loves a whale video, so here is a great one. Nothing to do with training – enjoy! Jem Cresswell “Giants” – Behind the scenes from Jem Cresswell on Vimeo.
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Training for new hires
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash A lot of money is lost in training new hires who then leave. Maybe there is a way to reduce that. Read the article below to find out how. Read the article here
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Bias
Photo by Kaleb Nimz on Unsplash I have been talking a lot about confirmation bias recently. This is just one of the many biases. The video below featuring Stephen Fry does a good job of explaining some bias. The video below that explains 12 common biases. As a trainer this information can assist you to assist others to…
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Sunday Zephyr – Adrenalin
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? Hope you are relaxing and getting ready for the week ahead. My next few weeks are hectic. Travel, different programs and different groups but isn’t that fun. If you need a hit of adrenalin to get things going today watch the video below. Great stuff? Can’t see…
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What work skills will you need for the future?
I have been contemplating the skills required for a trainer in the future, in particular one that works outside of an established RTO. I haven’t worked it out yet but I know that the work environment is changing and I need to come up with some useful strategies if I want to continue to work…
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Sunday Zephyr – Names
How is your Sunday going? You run into some amusing and different names in training. I have some great ones on my list but I can’t say them as this would be abusing my participant’s privacy. I found a great video that demonstrates just how far some parents will go to provide a child with…
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Fatigue and the trainers performance
Photo by Ana Martin on Unsplash Recently I conducted a fairly standard training day and for me it just didn’t click. I couldn’t at the time put my finger on what was wrong but afterwards I realised it was fatigue. I was tired. It wasn’t just work. I had a lot of stuff going on…
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Start the week being happy
Photo by Josh Felise on Unsplash I am very happy at the moment. All is going well. I am not working as much and have had some time to do other things that I have neglected. I think it shows in my training style. I’m happy and so are my participants. Here’s a fun way…