TOT 103: Identification of Purpose

“Identification of the purpose of training” and “identification of the purpose of the trainer as part of the training program”  take  a trainer to the next higher level. However when a trainer either fails to identify these purposes or wrongly identifies these purposes, there will always be an element of dissatisfaction within the trainer. Even the outcome of the training may not be up to the level.

Some trainers identify the following as purpose/s:-

1. I should stand out.
2. I should excel all other co-trainers
3. Every one should appreciate me.
4. Everyone should lookup to me
5. I should prove that I can never go wrong.
6. I should do something different which none has done hitherto.
7. I should be respected by all
8. I should be recognized as the best trainer.

Above aspects of identification may help a trainer to some extent in the beginning stages of  training. It may to some extent  help in building the level of confidence of a trainer. But over a period of time it may also induce over confidence or superficial confidence in a trainer. 

On the other hand some of the following  aspects may be considered:

“I must be well prepared”

Question yourself: “Am I well prepared?”

For those who have prepared well, the assigned task never becomes difficult. For the ones who are unprepared, chances of feeling difficulty about the ‘unprepared  part’ cannot be overruled.

Identification makes things easier

Things  felt  and/or  perceived  as Impossible or difficult things  can be done effortlessly if the purpose is identified properly and there is prior preparation to achieve the identified purpose.

Question yourself

Have I practiced or gone through  what I am going to present or am I going to present whatever comes to my mind on the training floor?

With practice also one may fail at times. But without practice chances of failure is more.

If any trainer wants to be  part of training because being a trainer is beneficial to him/her, he/she can never be a good trainer. Focus has to be on the trainees. The identified purpose must align with the identified  purpose of the trainees.

“If you want to know what your purpose is, it is to make the most of your talents and skills for the greater good and that means starting with yourself.“

Tony Clark
executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association

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