In this podcast we talk all about the process of learning and how it applies to everything. Topics include:

• How learning should go down way differently than it does in the classroom as well as how the classroom jaded most of us towards learning.
• We talk about the critical component of mindset and attitude whenever you seek to learn something new. This includes adopting the growth mindset, belief, and the beginner's mind. It also means knowing that in order to be good at anything, you first have to be really bad at it. This is an ego challenge and most of us don't respond well to it.
• I talk about that initial phase of learning we all go through, where everything is overwhelming, it feels like failure is a foregone conclusion, and insecurity and doubt make you question your decisions.
• I use that segment to segue into what I refer to as the three phases of learning. Phase 1 I just went over a bit. But most people quit during phase 1. Phase 2 is where things finally start making a bit of sense. Insecurity and doubt is replaced by momentum and enthusiasm and progress is rapid. Phase 3 is when all the knowledge and skills that welcome easily have been learned. Momentum and enthusiasm wear off and all that's left is disciplined practice. Phase 3 is where you acquire your 10k hours and pursue mastery. 
• To better explain this process I use the analogy of a puzzle.
• Then we go into research and choosing resources. Always go with the best.
• That leads us into deconstruction of the whatever it is you're learning. Identify the foundational concepts as this is generally what the whole subject is built off of. Focus your energy here.
• I go over some common mistakes of skipping the beginning and the foundational concepts.
• Then we talk about discipline and practice, more importantly, disciplined practice. At this point we've already set ourselves up for success and that's 3/4 of learning anything. Now if you put in the hours success becomes imminent.
• The final step is to find ways to get feedback so that you can make adjustments and not pursue your new subject in error. This is critical and should not be dismissed or overlooked.
• And once you think you really understand it, I recommend you try and teach it to someone else. There is no better litmus test than this in testing your own understanding of the subject. If you can't explain it coherently to someone else, then you don't really know it as well as you thought you did.
• And that brings us to this week's Call-to-Action. This week we're going to put this all to the test and learn that thing we've always wanted to learn or be good at. We all have something. It's time you get after it. 
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