Colin Savage
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Lifelong learning is an outdated concept in that it lacks focus for some people where the skill stacking is a little more concentrated and it will help you really build the keys. But again, it's not going to be specific in an area, but you can apply it across a swath of area and it'll really help you advance your career and advance whatever you want to do to be a standout kind of person.
Lifelong learning is an outdated concept in that it lacks focus for some people where the skill stacking is a little more concentrated and it will help you really build the keys. But again, it's not going to be specific in an area, but you can apply it across a swath of area and it'll really help you advance your career and advance whatever you want to do to be a standout kind of person.
I agree. Yeah. You, you have brought the other hand that I'm not going to say that I forgot. But what I would add to what you're saying, and it's way before in the skill stacking, I differentiate between calling the person and calling the professional all the time. So skill stacking, those are skills back for my. Sure.
I agree. Yeah. You, you have brought the other hand that I'm not going to say that I forgot. But what I would add to what you're saying, and it's way before in the skill stacking, I differentiate between calling the person and calling the professional all the time. So skill stacking, those are skills back for my. Sure.
Calling the person, that's where lifelong learning for me exists and always will. And so I'm very clear on what's the differentiator. Because what you can do is if you're people like us or those listening that are like us, if you brought a whole crazy
Calling the person, that's where lifelong learning for me exists and always will. And so I'm very clear on what's the differentiator. Because what you can do is if you're people like us or those listening that are like us, if you brought a whole crazy
horizon of areas that you're interested in and you've read about, studied, done whatever to build up knowledge, it can be impossible to connect all the dots and make them all skip. I love reading modern African history. I have three shelves of books in my house that are all about the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am never going to use that, at least not now.
horizon of areas that you're interested in and you've read about, studied, done whatever to build up knowledge, it can be impossible to connect all the dots and make them all skip. I love reading modern African history. I have three shelves of books in my house that are all about the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am never going to use that, at least not now.
Oh, I gotta go get that PhD in writing. Or I need to go and this thing that I've been invested in for a long time and I enjoy reading about, and it is a form of learning, doesn't need to be something that I'm going to incorporate into my work life. And I purposely keep it separate.
Oh, I gotta go get that PhD in writing. Or I need to go and this thing that I've been invested in for a long time and I enjoy reading about, and it is a form of learning, doesn't need to be something that I'm going to incorporate into my work life. And I purposely keep it separate.
And that's the same thing of the musical instrument that happened to be gathered in bust, unfortunately, in the back of my room. Those are also skills that I'm learning throughout my life just for my own enjoyment. And I'm totally with you on the law of the instrument, right? If everything, if you've got a hammer and you're good at it, then everything will look like a needle.
And that's the same thing of the musical instrument that happened to be gathered in bust, unfortunately, in the back of my room. Those are also skills that I'm learning throughout my life just for my own enjoyment. And I'm totally with you on the law of the instrument, right? If everything, if you've got a hammer and you're good at it, then everything will look like a needle.
I sit on a number of groups where we support startups and tech founders and entrepreneur. And the drive to just leap to the solution, because I think I can sell a widget to somebody rather than understanding to your point, like, is this actually a problem or is this set over something else? It just drives me nuts.
I sit on a number of groups where we support startups and tech founders and entrepreneur. And the drive to just leap to the solution, because I think I can sell a widget to somebody rather than understanding to your point, like, is this actually a problem or is this set over something else? It just drives me nuts.
And so we're just going to end up with now the toolkit is going to have 7,000 tools, 6,800 of which I don't know how to use, and 50 that are actually useful for me to figure out any kind of a dilemma that I'm approaching. I think, yeah, I think you've done a good job of reminding me that Maybe the lifelong learning thing should be just for life.
And so we're just going to end up with now the toolkit is going to have 7,000 tools, 6,800 of which I don't know how to use, and 50 that are actually useful for me to figure out any kind of a dilemma that I'm approaching. I think, yeah, I think you've done a good job of reminding me that Maybe the lifelong learning thing should be just for life.
And the skills that can should be where we focus on potentially getting the right kind of multi-skilled person who to your point, doesn't just look down and build a tool, but is able to interact with others, is able to be empathetic, show emotional intelligence, all those kinds of things.
And the skills that can should be where we focus on potentially getting the right kind of multi-skilled person who to your point, doesn't just look down and build a tool, but is able to interact with others, is able to be empathetic, show emotional intelligence, all those kinds of things.
And I think maybe sometimes get sharp to the side over the let's build the technical experience and skill ourselves up with now I know not just C++, but I also know all of these other JavaScript and other kind of software so I can build my own AI market. Let's go, right?
And I think maybe sometimes get sharp to the side over the let's build the technical experience and skill ourselves up with now I know not just C++, but I also know all of these other JavaScript and other kind of software so I can build my own AI market. Let's go, right?