"Formal education will make you a living; Self-education will make you a fortune" - Jim Rohn
Every other person nowadays is preparing for some or other exams to get the desired career. In lieu of this everyone has enrolled in some classes to follow the required order for the preparation. People think that from joining such classes they will clear the exam and forget the most important aspect i.e. Self-Learning.
Degrees, certifications, and training are all very important for professional development. However, many people underestimate the power of self-learning. To be great at anything, you have to be dedicated as a life-long learner. Self-Paced Learning is a very important part of the process, no matter what you are learning whether it is developing skills, Gaining Knowledge, or preparing for higher-level exams. But self-paced learning is not the only thing that is to be focused there are other aspects also like self-analysis, self-decisions, Self-Initiative. Let’s know them more deeply:
Power of Self Initiative: Learning cannot be forced it is self-driven. Taking self-initiative for yourself can never be forced. In the same way, if you are preparing to fight for an exam you can never clear it if someone has to ask you to study for it. If you want to make a difference for yourself you have to take the first step.
So, start taking initiative to gather knowledge from wherever you can gain whether from reading, Practical Experiences, etc. If you are not satisfied with the way you are preparing for your exams, start finding new innovative ways to make it more interesting.
Power of Self Analysis: You are your best analyst. What you study and prepare it needs to be analyzed, also whether you are going on the right track along with it one also has to keep track of whether their strategies are correct and where are they lacking and how can it be improved. The best way is to keep giving tests or testing yourself to measure your performance from time to time.
Power of Self Decisions: After doing self-analysis you know where the changes are needed to be made to improve the performance with the help of your analytics results. Also, the insights and advice from more knowledgeable people should always be considered as it comes from experience. Now after weighing all these pros and cons most informed decisions have to be made.
If you are unfamiliar with what you can do with the power of self in the journey to learn then start exploring, start calling shots in your process. Now is never it is too late
-Aditi Goyal