![]() ![]() He urges us to see a similar beauty in the joyful early stages of learning a new skill, as in that of finding oneself in a new love relationship or visiting a foreign city for the first time, saying “It’s a good thing to keep bathing in novelty”. In this episode of the podcast, I talk with Tom about the childhood joy of learning and why, as we age, we avoid beginner status. ![]() ![]() While writing his newest book, Beginners, The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning, best-selling author Tom Vanderbilt did, in fact, learn a number of new skills, including: Not so comfortable in this later-life-learning process, he committed to learning several new skills and to write about the experience. When Tom Vanderbilt’s young daughter wanted him to teach her how to play chess, he first needed to learn the game for himself. Have you learned a new skill or taken up a new activity? Learned how to make something that you can hold in your hands and say, Hey, look at what I just made!? Or, check out this new dance I’ve learned or my awesome yoyo tricks. We’re talking about beginning to learn how to do something new. Sigh.Ī very fitting topic for this New Years Day episode of the show. While I spend a ridiculous amount of time learning about things, I have neglected to learn how to physically do much of anything over the past decade. Too Old to Be a Beginner? When was the last time you learned a new skill as opposed to learning about something?Īpparently, I have been kidding myself. ![]()
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