Know Can Do! : Put Your Know-How Into Action

Why is it that so many things we try so hard to learn just don't stick? Because we spend all our energy on learning new skills and better habits, but we lack effective strategies for retaining and applying all the helpful information we take in. In Know Can Do!, bestselling author Ken Blanchard, Success Motivation Institute founder Paul J. Meyer, and ace motivational speaker and consultant Dick Ruhe use a story about an author with questions and an entrepreneur with answers to offer a simple and systematic approach for learning more efficiently and using that knowledge to make lasting changes. People who have mastered learning are free to be creative and make big things happen. In fact, John F. Kennedy once remarked that "leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." This powerful book will help people at all levels develop the mind-set and the skill set to achieve extraordinary results. Attempting to better themselves{u2014}learn new skills, break bad habits, realize their potential{u2014}people read books, attend seminars, take training courses. And companies pitch in too, spending billions of dollars every year on professional development programs aimed at helping their employees become more effective. But in spite of what people sincerely believe are their best efforts, all too often their behavior doesn{u2019}t change. The fact that it seems to be so hard to make new learning stick is an endless source of frustration for both individuals and organizations. For years Ken Blanchard has been troubled by the gap between what people know{u2014}all the good advice they{u2019}ve digested intellectually{u2014}and what they actually do. In this new book he and his coauthors, Paul J. Meyer and Dick Ruhe, use the fable format Blanchard made famous to lay out a straightforward method for learning more, learning better, and making sure you actually use what you learn. This engaging story identifies three key reasons people don{u2019}t make the leap from knowing to doing and then moves on to the solution. It teaches you how to avoid information overload by learning ?less more, not more less.? You{u2019}ll find out how to adjust your brain{u2019}s filtering system to learn many, many times more than ever before, ignite your creativity and resourcefulness with Green Light Thinking, master what you{u2019}ve learned using spaced repetition, and more. At last, an answer to the question, ?Why don{u2019}t I do what I know I should do?? Read this book and you will! By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40+ books have sold over 18 million copies), KNOW CAN DO! tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know{u2014}all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.{u2014}and how we actually use that knowledge By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40+ books have sold over 18 million copies), KNOW CAN DO! tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know—all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.—and how we actually use that knowledge. Oftentimes we spend all our energy on learning new skills and better habits, but lack effective strategies for retaining and applying all the helpful information we take in