Indeed, it is never too late to learn. Personally, I got bored when I temporarily stopped learning once I graduated college. I dove back in to independent learning within the year. An added benefit of continued learning - it is good for our brains and longevity!
I'll add the book to my to do list and I actually watched the film recently, it's a real easy watch. I'm "happy at you" for writing this, I enjoyed reading it.
I've been writing about the Dunning Kruger effect and how having absolutely no idea how to do something as a beginner can be a benefit to getting started but then as soon as we learn that it's not as simple as we thought, that's when we give up.
In many ways the ignorance of being a beginner is the best part.
Thanks for sharing that! I enjoyed the book for how much I learned about learning! He also has been to a few podcasts interviews since publishing the book where he talks about some of the activities in more depth.
Maybe hopefully I read a review of yours about the book later!
Indeed the ignorance of being a beginner is the best part - our fear of failure is what keeps us from enjoying the activity as we as a society learn to fear and stigmatize failure. I’ve seen some nice cartoons here on Substack Notes around the idea of: “you’ll never be like him (famous painter or musician), you shouldn’t play”. And the attempting player or artist answers, “if I don’t train I’ll never be…” and I think it represents what we’re talking about here quite nicely 😊
How he made a family activity out of open water swimming (and even gets surpassed by his daughter sometimes in other activities) is quite nice to read 😊
Might ring a bell to you with your kid(s)!
My parents did that with cycling and we cycled every single weekend - sometimes even during the week for nice dinners (croissants) and cycling. 😊 I have very fond memories of that (and some very tiring memories too!)
Me and my son do a lot of activities together, he's already beating me at the Park run (he's 10) but anything longer I still have the edge. It's lovely to make memories like that, that they'll remember as adults.
I'm going Emu hunting this morning (2 local ones have escaped) so I might seek out a podcast to listen to.
Indeed, it is never too late to learn. Personally, I got bored when I temporarily stopped learning once I graduated college. I dove back in to independent learning within the year. An added benefit of continued learning - it is good for our brains and longevity!
I'll add the book to my to do list and I actually watched the film recently, it's a real easy watch. I'm "happy at you" for writing this, I enjoyed reading it.
I've been writing about the Dunning Kruger effect and how having absolutely no idea how to do something as a beginner can be a benefit to getting started but then as soon as we learn that it's not as simple as we thought, that's when we give up.
In many ways the ignorance of being a beginner is the best part.
Thanks for sharing that! I enjoyed the book for how much I learned about learning! He also has been to a few podcasts interviews since publishing the book where he talks about some of the activities in more depth.
Maybe hopefully I read a review of yours about the book later!
Indeed the ignorance of being a beginner is the best part - our fear of failure is what keeps us from enjoying the activity as we as a society learn to fear and stigmatize failure. I’ve seen some nice cartoons here on Substack Notes around the idea of: “you’ll never be like him (famous painter or musician), you shouldn’t play”. And the attempting player or artist answers, “if I don’t train I’ll never be…” and I think it represents what we’re talking about here quite nicely 😊
How he made a family activity out of open water swimming (and even gets surpassed by his daughter sometimes in other activities) is quite nice to read 😊
Might ring a bell to you with your kid(s)!
My parents did that with cycling and we cycled every single weekend - sometimes even during the week for nice dinners (croissants) and cycling. 😊 I have very fond memories of that (and some very tiring memories too!)
Me and my son do a lot of activities together, he's already beating me at the Park run (he's 10) but anything longer I still have the edge. It's lovely to make memories like that, that they'll remember as adults.
I'm going Emu hunting this morning (2 local ones have escaped) so I might seek out a podcast to listen to.
Thanks for the detailed reply!