Jarkko Laine

Learning means changing

Learning is at the same time one of the most natural things and one of the most difficult things there are. Organizational learning is even harder. It’s easy to learn things when you want to learn them, but it requires a tremendous amount of work to get someone learn something when the inspiration doesn’t come from himself.

One of the biggest obstacles to learning is fear. The fear of changing, the fear of leaving a safe area and going out to the wilderness. And the scary thing is that without changing there is no learning. When you learn something, something inside you changes.

But learning can also be an exciting adventure in which you experiment with your limits, your interests and your life.

Here are some ideas to start your experiments with. Don’t try them all, but maybe by doing a few of them already makes you enjoy change, and thus enjoy learning a bit more. After a few more changes, learning becomes fun, and you become more curious.

1. Change your working hours
2. Change the way you talk
3. Change the way you drive
4. Change the way you wake up
5. Change the way you listen to people
6. Change the way you sleep
7. Change the way you set your professional goals
8. Change the way you write
9. Change the way you read the Bible
10. Change the way you treat your family
11. Change the way you look at the world
12. Change the way you look at deadlines
13. Change the way you market yourself
14. Change what you eat
15. Change what you appreciate at work
16. Change the way you treat your customers
17. Change the things you’re teaching to your children
18. Change the way you view the human race
19. Change the way you think about déjà vu
20. Change the way you plan projects
21. Change the way you code
22. Change the way you collect requirements
23. Change the way you decorate your office
24. Change the way you use the library
25. Change the way you look for information
26. Change the way you sketch