157: Why It’s Essential To Struggle With Learning

Do you find yourself struggling with changing your behavior? Real learning is hard, but keeps you from making the same mistake again.   I wrote this article a few months ago: Sorry, I Don't Love Learning Have you seen this scene in the Matrix? I mentioned the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell* Practical Advice 1. Ensure that it’s something important for you to learn I mentioned the book Soar With Your Strengths by Donald Clifton and Paula Nelson* 2. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable “When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.” -Zig Ziglar 3. Recognize that what you’ve been able to change your behavior on is really challenging for others “Every single time I get on a plane I’m really glad that the plane is not being flown by someone who just always loved planes.” -A teacher quoted in Building A Better Teacher by Elizabeth Green*. Feedback Join the conversation: http://coachingforleaders.com/157 Comments, questions, or feedback for future Q&A shows: http://coachingforleaders.com/feedback Next Q&A show is episode #161 Thank you to new weekly update subscribers Ian Collinson, Tom Loncar, Demetria Bilbrew, Tonya Richards, Andy Thomas, Elaine Su, Knhur Carrasquel, Tanja Ilijazovic, Simon K, Alberto Fernandes, Tammy Pazdro, and Ransom Bennett. Receive the 10 Leadership Books That Will Help You Get Better Results From Others, including 2 books that I rely on weekly. You can subscribe at http://coachingforleaders.com/subscribe  A special thank you this week to Schwedenapfel from Germany and Kat_K and Australia for the kind review on iTunes. I'd be honored if you would take a moment to leave a written review about the show as well. Either visit http://coachingforleaders.com/itunes to leave a review on iTunes or http://coachingforleaders.com/stitcher to leave a review on Stitcher.