It's never too late to learn something new! Learning and teaching are inherently linked, so we spend some time reviewing the best most-evidence based strategies for teaching new skills, learning new skills, and how to practice. This can be summarized as: Break the new skill into smaller component skills, build fluency at component skills, have some self-reward system in place, have someone hold you accountable, track your progress, and practice practice practice.
Links for Today:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170828-the-amazing-fertility-of-the-older-mind (story of 90-year-old who went to school to learn to read and write)

https://www.scoe.org/files/explicit-instruction.pdf (Presentation on efficient and effective instruction from Anita Archer)

https://www.td.org/newsletters/atd-links/key-ingredients-for-learning (Main ingredients from cognitive psychology for learning a new skill)

https://zapier.com/blog/learning-new-skills/ (10 strategies for learning something new, blog)

https://agileleanlife.com/how-long-to-practice/ (Lessons from learning to code on computers, source of the quote: practice until fear turns to boredom)

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/pdf/DeliberatePractice%28PsychologicalReview%29.pdf (The article that popularized the idea that 10,000 hours of practice leads to expertise)

Recommendations:

Abraham:  Association on American Indian Affairs (Native American) https://www.indian-affairs.org/

Shane: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (http://www.harukimurakami.com/book/the-wind-up-bird-chronicle)

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