How (and when) to be the rookie

The more you learn…

The easier AND HARDER it gets.

Here’s why and how to overcome it:

#1: It gets easier because you learn how to learn.

The skill of ‘being the rookie’ and engaging new things with new eyes gets better the more you practice it. But…

#2: It gets harder because you want your past learning to help you.

Sometimes what we learn is a building block to other skills. Other times it isn’t, and holds us back because we’re stuck in an incompatible way of thinking.

We stopped ‘being a rookie’.

#3: The answer is to know when to apply past learning, and when to be a rookie.

Knowing when we’re building on what we know and when we’re building something totally new is the secret trick of expanding your knowledge and skillset.

We need to remember how (and when) to be the rookie.

How do you handle that, rookie?