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Two Brief Lessons from the Mile High Learning Club

November 5, 2009

I do some of my best learning when I am settled in at 35,000 feet. I read. I tap into the large store of iPod learning content I keep on hand. I think (although it may look like I’m sleeping). Sometimes I even manage to find a nugget of wisdom in the airline magazines. Here’s [...]

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When’s the last time you asked why?

January 14, 2009

Think about it. We often wonder about why things are the way they are, and in our own minds, question why they should be that way. But when was the last time you asked why? I mean really asked? Consciously and out loud. About something important. Of someone in a position to give an answer. [...]

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5 Traits of the Super Learner

June 4, 2008

How strong is your capacity to learn? Can you leap complex concepts with a single bound? Master a new language faster than a speeding locomotive? Roll your eyes at hyperbole without even blinking? Perhaps you are a super learner. “Secrets of the Super-Learners” is an article from a 1991 Harvard Magazine supplement that I seem [...]

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