But he feels like his voice is rarely heard 

and it affects his confidence, 

which will not help
when it is his time to speak of his project.

By now, you know that his presentation was challenging. 

Even though the management approved the first step of his project, 

he felt exhausted, and it wasn't a great moment. 

He got something but is almost certain 

he would have obtained more latitude 

if he were better at handling the financial aspects 

of these meetings.

Today, it is easy to start learning a subject just by browsing the Internet and watching videos on platforms like YouTube.

What you need to do is plan to get started.

There are two ways you can do that. 

Start with what you already know and search for what more you need to learn related to what you know.

The alternative is to search for how to learn finance example. The answers will give you a plan. Finally, an option is to search for a book on understanding finance. The Table of Contents is a great way to get yourself a list of subjects. 

Choosing the suggested content from a book will quickly provide you with a specific plan of action.

Then you may start browsing the Internet and watching videos.

You will probably quickly discover that the Internet is somewhat disorganized, and you must go through many sites to gather information. As for videos, you need to watch hours to pick, often not that much, as you become more knowledgeable about the subject.  

Suppose you select books closely related to what you want to research. You will learn much faster if you choose books that deeply cover the subject.  

The book provides, for a fraction of the cost of learning from or meeting the author, a lot of content, usually of more excellent quality than what you find online. 

It is easier to gather more form books because:

Books often provide in-depth analysis and explanation of a topic, allowing readers to understand the subject matter more deeply. Online often, the videos available are to attract you and interest you to register for a webinar, a course, or ... buy a book. The end of the video isn't to share with you deep knowledge but to get you interested in acquiring that deep knowledge in exchange for a subscription or a purchase. It is understandable since living without compensation for their time writing or registering for videos would be impossible. 

It is one way to do it if you can afford the time and the price of courses. The great advantage of books is that you can buy many of the costs of just one class. Learn through these books much faster than all the hours to watch the videos. You can skip whatever you feel is not essential in a book. In a video, it is much more difficult because you can't browse it in advance and often have to watch it to realize, in the end, it didn't give you much. You don't have to read the parts of the book that you don't need. You can read 4 or 5 books simultaneously to cover a subject well.

As the brain must process and store information meaningfully, reading books is considered more effective in increasing the long-term retention of information.

The additional expertise acquired can help someone feel more meaningful by providing them with knowledge and understanding of various topics, which can boost their confidence and self-esteem. 

It would be reasonably easy for Christopher to establish the vocabulary he needs to learn and develop a plan of the most critical financial and accounting concepts related to his context.

From there, he could design a plan to learn what he needs to know. 

He can assess what he knows and build by adding knowledge to what he already knows to quickly and easily become more fluent in finance. If this knowledge is fundamental, some books and videos can help him greatly. 

Then, he can study further the material where his knowledge is beyond the basics. It is where reading will significantly help him. He can buy or get many books to read from a library and parts that concern him. It is usually almost impossible to find videos that go that deep. Also, with minimal reading and learning techniques, you can go through many books much faster than videos, which imposes the unfolding of its content.