Validated Learning Over Conventional Wisdom

A person with a foundation of knowledge and skills will make more money and most likely live a more meaningful life.
There’s a similar belief in start-ups: technology companies focus on learning over profitability in the early years to maximize revenue in the later years.

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Systems trump goals for lasting change. James Clear argues that focusing on systems over goals leads to more sustainable progress:

• Goals define the desired outcome but create a success/failure binary
• Systems focus o...

To become lifelong learners, we may find it hard to break away from the traditional education paradigm. One way to unshackle our self-education is to grab hold of the opportunities for unbounded learning.

• Bounded learning is based on a fixed curricul...