“After”—the “Magic Words” Answer

I have a friend who is a trainer, so she has helped me understand that there are different learning styles. The three most common are auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. Because I’m committed to learning things as efficiently as possible, I explored and found that my natural style was visual. Let me give you an example of how that helped me learn a new program.

Some time ago, my boss asked me to learn PowerPoint. I taught myself by carving out some personal time in the evenings to go through the tutorials. Knowing that visual demonstrations, diagrams, and pictures were helpful to me, this worked out well. Within a week, I was producing PowerPoint presentations that incorporated advanced features like tables, images, and animations. My boss asked me to share some of what I’d learned with other users in our office.