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Learning in public
The concept of learning in public has grown a lot in 2020. I sort of do it with this blog, but the idea of a “digital garden” has been a big way that people are taking their learning public. Anne-Laure Le Cunff has a great post about that, along with example of digital gardens that she likes to follow.
This leads to an excellent video I saw from Doug Neill, where he unpacks some of Elizabeth Gilbert’s thoughts (author of “Eat, Pray, Love”) on learning in public. Here is his video:
He references the full interview that Elizabeth had on the Chase Jarvis show, which you can watch here.
Doug’s summary included four great insights:
Keep the distance short between learning and sharing
When you learn something new, sharing it relatively soon after can be a good practice. It forces you to unpack what you’ve learned and try to gain insights from it.
