Untangling Life

Episode 7: Continuous Learning


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What if the secret to learning better isn't about absorbing more - it's about staying curious in the first place?

In this episode, we dig into continuous learning: what it really means, why most of us arrive in the workplace at about 40% of our true selves, and how we can reconnect with the childlike wonder we all started with.

They get into why curiosity gets socialised out of us long before we even enter the workforce — and how the generational gap at work means younger people's curiosity is often treated as an inconvenience rather than an asset. They also explore the difference between directional curiosity (learning with a goal) and expansive curiosity (exploring just because), and why you need both.

This episode covers:

  • Why even the most experienced learners can accidentally shut down someone else's learning
  • The shift from mentoring to mutual mentoring - and why the senior person gains just as much as the junior
  • How to figure out how you actually learn best (and why personality tests are useful tools, not life sentences)
  • Why starting badly at something is part of the deal — and why quitting isn't always failure
  • A simple journaling exercise to track both types of curiosity in your own life

Continuous learning isn't an act. It's a mindset. And this episode will help you build it.

Listen now and grab your journal 🧶

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Untangling LifeBy Hattie Willis and Andy Ayim