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NOTICE CALLS TO LEARN

Learning calls you in many ways, every day. The calls come from the past, present and future. They come from outside and from within. But you must “tune in” to hear these calls.

Why tune yourself to hear more learning calls?

  • For a more interesting daily life
  • To develop and learn a little bit in the moments of your day
  • For the possibility that a major new learning and life opportunity will open up

1- Know how learning needs and interests arise

Learning calls from many directions, but it is easy to miss them because the calls are often very faint. So plan to tune in …

2- Here are examples of Calls to Learn

  • At work
    • Customer requests and problems
    • Projects
    • Phone call or email enquiries and conversations
    • Meetings
    • New technology introductions or upgrades
    • New processes, systems, procedures
    • An encounter or conversation with a colleague
    • A report
    • A competitor’s action
  • At home/personal
    • Something that interests or concerns your partner
    • Your children’s homework
    • Your partner or children’s problems and challenges
    • Your partner or children’s extracurricular activities
    • A challenge from a hobby
    • Something on TV, the radio
    • A maintenance problem
    • A new appliance or purchase
  • A dream or desire to do or achieve or experience something
  • A recurring discomfort – in a situation or with a person or people
  • An unsatisfied need
  • You feel bored with some aspect of your work and life
  • You feel stuck – not learning or developing
  • You realize you have reached a plateau in a sport or exercise routine
  • A longing for something
  • An unusually strong emotional response to something or someone
  • An activity or experience you avoid that also attracts you
  • Feelings of inadequacy, activities that are stressful
  • You decide to change a habit
  • You or your team have just finished a project or part of a project
  • You remember something– and you have positive feelings about it
  • You remember something, and you have regrets, sadness or other feeling of inadequacy
  • Something happens today that you realize happened in the past – and that the past may have lessons about how to handle it
  • You or someone else working on a project have “been here before” and probably can bring useful lessons from the past
  • The business strategic plan is just released
  • There is a new report out about trends in your industry or company
  • Forecasts of customers’ changing needs are now available
  • There is a breakthrough in a technology that may affect your company and ultimately your work
  • There will be a restructuring of work and job requirements
  • Projections for life and health expectancy are out
  • You discover a credible report on the future of artificial intelligence and its probable impact on work
  • There is a TV documentary on the future promise of genetic engineering
  • You are planning a trip or vacation
  • You want to change a habit or build an important personal capability for the future
  • You are scrolling through magazine or newspaper articles and something catches your eye
  • Something interesting and potentially useful is advertised on TV or in social media
  • Someone says something in social media or a meeting that piques your interest
  • You are searching for something specific on a search engine but discover another topic or idea that you want to know more about
  • You are having a conversation with a friend who mentions a vacation that sounds interesting
  • You are walking by a lake and wonder why the algae are so much thicker than normal
  • You are breathing a bit harder when you walk and wonder why
  • You are daydreaming and have an inspiring thought or question or curiosity