Committing to a Learning Plan

I read an article written by David Perrel titled, "Learn Like an Athlete." I didn't just come across this article. I went down a rabbit hole that started on LinkedIn.

What resonated with me from this article was his idea to learn like an athlete by having a knowledge plan. He pointed out how everyone seems to train other than knowledge learners from athletes to musicians. It struck me. It made me question what learning I have truly committed to after graduating college or what plan have, I come up with to continue to improve just for the sake of it. I realized I haven't truly committed to learning something new. i mean in my process to do GrandValli I am learning but I think that is different. I am working on things and learning as ideas strike me. I am not following an intentional plan to learn something specific. However, maybe it is time to change that.

So, I made a list of some of the topics I would be interested in learning one at a time for the next 3 months and then the next and so on. Some of my ideas were public speaking, pitching, sales, negotiations, how to play the guitar, how to play the piano, how to play the drums, how to write a book, and songwriting to name a few.

I think I have decided to go with public speaking for the next 3 months. I think there are so many people that are nervous when it comes to speaking in public and as one of them, I want to challenge myself to do something different. Plus, it would be great to learn how some of the great speakers in today's age have become great at speaking to thousands of people.

As I go down this public speaking journey. I will share what I learn in the process. Hopefully, it helps somebody.