How to Get Paid to Learn

"I want to get paid to learn. But the way to get paid to learn is to share knowledge and create something useful with that." - James Clear

James Clear gets paid to learn. His writing on the hidden forces that shape our habits using them to maximize performance is read by over 1 million people per month at jamesclear.com.

In this interview, James shares insight into applying this knowledge to our daily lives, including:

How the hidden forces in our lives impact what we do every day, and how to use that to your advantage;

How to architect your own system to take advantage of your habits; and

How to use your desire to learn to create materials that people want to read.

James’s work intersects nicely with my recent interview with First Amendment expert Ted Boutrous, where we discussed the parallels between lawyers and journalists. In essence, we are all communicators by trade; our jobs are often to distill complicated ideas into persuasive, interesting or informative materials that are most effective when people want to read them.

And like James’s work, one of the best parts of the legal profession – at least to me – is that we get paid to learn too.

Find more from James Clear online at jamesclear.com and on Twitter at @james_clear.