13/11/2020
The 5 Learning How To Learn Myths That Are Destroying Your Success
*KEITAD AFRICA*
Over the last 10 years, I've spent thousands of have mastering the skill of learning how to learn. I've co-created the largest learning how to learn community in the world. And, I've coached hundreds of people to learn faster.
While learning how to learn is an in-demand skill, it's still very new. As a result, there are a lot of misconceptions. I wrote this article to clear the big ones up...
1. Learning is not linear. It's paradigmatic.
“Major breakthroughs often come after major breakdowns.”
*MAWERE ITAI*
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It is not a smooth, one step ahead of the other process.
Sometimes it's a plateau. Other times, it is sudden & surprising. Other times, you know you're ready for a shift, but you're not sure how. We develop by jumping from one paradigm to another.
Why This Matters: People often give up on learning a new skill because (1) it takes longer than they thought or (2) they stop improving. As a result, they think something is wrong with them, and they lose confidence that they can ever get to mastery. By understanding the contours of the journey, you'll know what to do at each step. When you hit a challenge, you'll think to yourself, "This is just part of the process."
I spell out my 14 laws for navigating paradigm shifts in this tweetstorm.
3. Learning is not about skills. It's about transformation.
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Learning is not about stacking one skill upon another.
Rather, it is more fundamentally about transformation. About becoming someone new. Someone with new goals, values, perspectives, and ways of making meaning. In the world of adult development, this is known as a stage. Just as children go through sequential stages, so too do adults. This was only really accepted 50 years ago or so.
To accomplish big goals like getting fit, starting a business, writing a book, having a healthy marriage, finding the person of you
