What do you want to learn? What do you need to learn? The three pound brain that you’ve been given has incredible power to learn new things (literally as while you are awake your brain generates up to 25 watts of power, enough to illuminate a light bulb according to scientists).

Chris Lonsdale, who learned to speak Chinese inside of six months, has been captivated by the question of how we can learn faster.

He answers the same way we do at GiANT:

You look for people who can do it
You look for situations where it is already working
You identify the principles and apply them

He calls it modeling. We call it relational apprenticeship and we are passionate about it. We get fired up about teaching leaders how to learn.

Think back to learning to ride a bike when you were young. It was difficult at first to balance, steer, and pedal until eventually what happens is that neurons create a pathway so that what was difficult is second nature. The challenge is to stick through the learning process until you’ve really learned it.

I’ve known for a while that I am prone to go surface level with a lot of concepts, ideas, and thoughts without seeing my learning through to resolution. It’s something I still challenge myself with and if you are around me long enough these days, you’ll find index cards with scribbles, drawings, models, and ideas.

There are simple things you can do to learn more effectively such as being relaxed, drinking enough water, and reducing your sugar intake. My most important learning of this month about learning is to learn with resolution. Be specific about what you want to learn, find a person or model that works, and see the learning through.

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