I spent much of my working life helping other people learn.
As a corporate trainer and learning executive, one thing I always believed was that you learn best when you teach.
I've also always considered myself a lifelong learner.
But there's a funny contradiction in that. Much of the learning I do for myself happens quietly, on my own.
Recently, my friend and fellow entrepreneur Nechama Katan recommended Austin Kleon's book Show Your Work!. She'd heard about it from Dan Martell. I love how a good idea can travel from one person to another, reaching someone just when they need it.
I've just finished reading it, and it's made me think about something I hadn't really questioned before.
Why have I kept so much of my own curiosity, experimentation and learning to myself?
Kleon wrote the book in 2014, yet his observations about embracing uncertainty, staying curious and sharing your work seem remarkably relevant today.
Especially with AI changing so much about how we work, learn and run businesses.
Lately, AI has opened up an entirely new world of things to explore. And the more I discover, the more questions I seem to have.
I'm not sure where all this will lead. But that's part of what makes it interesting.
And that's really what this is about.
Instead of learning first and sharing when I've mastered something, perhaps it's time to share while I'm learning.
The discoveries. The questions. The occasional wrong turn. The ideas that make me stop and reconsider something I thought I knew.
And, hopefully, the conversations with others who are exploring interesting things themselves.
I'll admit that sharing publicly feels a little unfamiliar. I've always been more comfortable working away quietly behind the scenes.
But perhaps it's time to change that.
I'm calling this little experiment Still Learning.
Because I am.
And I hope I always will be.
Thank you, Nechama Katan, for recommending this book. I don't think you could have known how much its message would resonate with me, especially right now. You've given me a gentle nudge to step out of the background and start sharing. I'm grateful.
Originally shared on LinkedIn.