Quotes About Learning

Adam is a number one New York Times bestselling writer, and his latest book, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know, might be my new favorite.

from the moment we're born until the day we die.

Interest is a cognitive openness to engaging with a topic or experience. Curiosity is recognizing a gap in our knowledge about something that interests us, and becoming emotionally and cognitively invested in closing that gap through exploration and learning. Curiosity often starts with interest and can range from mild curiosity to passionate investigation.

Unfortunately, the trend in many organizations is to design learning to be as easy as possible. Aiming to respect their employees' busy lives, companies build training programs that can be done at any time, with no prerequisites, and often on a mobile device. The result is fun and easy training programs that employees rave about (making them easier for developers to sell) but don't actually instill lasting learning.

York Times bestselling writer, and his latest book, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know,

To reignite creativity, innovation, and learning, leaders must rehumanize education and work. This means understanding how scarcity is affecting the way we lead and work, learning how to engage with vulnerability, and recognizing and combating shame.

He explained that unlike our other classes in the program, research was all about prediction and control. I was smitten. You mean that rather than leaning and holding, I could spend my career predicting and controlling? I had found my calling.

According to research, confusion has the potential to motivate, lead to deep learning, and trigger problem solving.

Courage is a collection of four skill sets that can be taught, observed, and measured. The four skill sets are: Rumbling with Vulnerability Living into Our Values Braving Trust Learning to Rise

When shame becomes a management style, engagement dies. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation.

Comfortable learning environments rarely lead to deep learning.

Based on D'Mello's research, too much confusion can lead to frustration, giving up, disengagement, or even boredom. Learning strategies most often used to help resolve confusion were seeking help, finding the most important information, monitoring progress, and planning a strategy.

When we practice generating compassion, we can expect to experience the fear of our pain. Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allow ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

Sometimes the most uncomfortable learning is the most powerful.

The idea of "no regrets" doesn't mean living with courage, it means living without reflection. To live without regret is to believe we have nothing to learn, no amends to make, and no opportunity to be braver with our lives.

It's also important to know that hope is learned.

believe that feedback thrives in cultures where the goal is not "getting comfortable with hard conversations" but normalizing discomfort. If leaders expect real learning, critical thinking, and change, then discomfort should be normalized: "We believe growth and learning are uncomfortable so it's going to happen here—you're going to feel that way. We want you to know that it's normal and it's an expectation here.

I was terrified by the idea that if education is going to be transformative, it's going to be uncomfortable and unpredictable.

With disappointment, we often believe the outcome was out of our control (but we're learning more about how this is

The same way you feel a muscle "burn" when it's being strengthened, the brain needs to feel some discomfort when it's learning. Your mind might hurt for a while—but that's a good thing.

as imperfect human beings, any of us, all of us, are subject at some time or another to make mistakes!

There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it. —Pearl Bailey

We need to remember the past so that we can more clearly see where we are going.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.