Learning and Skills Development is the now the education for adults. What adults need is really learning and skills development because these will result in performance.
I am now integrating this with the equation; Performance = individual attributes x work effort x support.
Putting this equation into practice runs something like this:
Develop positive attributes such as positive attitudes, values and positive perceptions.
Work effort cannot never be substituted for laziness or just doing minimum work. Hard and consistent diligent work has no equivalent and I believe in this strongly.
Support not only from organization (not to rely on this entirely) but from spouse, family, friends and networking is more important than from organization. If you can get support from your organization, you are one of the very fortunate ones. In most cases, in reality, expect little or no support from organization. You have to manipulate your organization resources to get the support for the project.
If you work on this formula for your own results, either in academic or in work, it will not fail. You just need one more ingredient, imagination or visualization. This is very important in realising your dreams, goals or objectives.