Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal

July 1, 2012

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What I’ve Learned About Learning

“I’m a lifelong learner and am always obsessively studying something, whether that’s breadmaking or language or wine or chess or writing or fitness. Here are two key lessons — both really the same lesson — I’ve learned about learning, in all my years of study and in trying to teach people: Almost everything I’ve learned, I didn’t learn in school; and almost everything my students (and kids) have learned, they learned on their own. Those two lessons (or one lesson) have a number of reasons and implications for learning. Let’s take a look at some of them, in hopes you might find them useful.” Zen Habits’ Leo Babauta shares more. { read more }

Be The Change

Implement some of Babauta’s suggestions for learning in your own life.

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