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Immersive Learning – Day 29 30-Day Writing Challenge A popular tactic for learning a new language is immersion.  The strategy is simple, drop yourself in the middle of the language you’re aiming to learn and survive. 🙂 – The trick is to ensure you have no alternative. For example, imagine you want to learn Mandarine……

Lucky Success – Day 28 30-Day Writing Challenge Most “successful” people that have progressed in a project, relationship, career, or any other endeavor will tell you it’s thanks to their determination and grit that created their success. This is true to a point, but the role “grit” plays in one’s success is a lot lower…

Just Ask – Day 27 30-Day Writing Challenge I’m constantly surprised by how open and willing people are to have a conversation with a complete stranger (e.g. me).  I always thought that reaching out to someone working at an interesting company, in an interesting industry, with an interesting job would be overwhelmed with requests for…

Learning Trifecta – Day 26 30-Day Writing Challenge There are many ways one can go about learning a new topic and there’s no shortage of advice on the interwebs. I’ve dug through a lot of this advice, applying it to my own learning journey, and found three methods I use for almost every situation.  Feel…

Status Quo – Day 25 30-Day Writing Challenge Accepting the status quo comes naturally for some, but is extremely uncomfortable for others. This acceptance is context-specific, so in certain situations, I happily accept the status quo, but in others, I refuse to acknowledge it.  This discomfort with accepting the status quo is something we all…