Ways to Outgrow

You Know& Outlearn Everyone

- Etienne Garbugli / Product Design & Marketing Consultant -

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Lets be edgy...

You are the dumbest you'll ever be right now.

- Tom Lehman, Rap Genius

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You are the dumbest you'll ever be right now.

- Tom Lehman, Rap Genius

“And that's actually kind of inspiring...

Take the experience first. The cash will come later.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: Cash and Experience.

- Harold Geneen, Businessman

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To get there...

Focus on the learning process and not the result.

- Jacques Martin, Ice Hockey Coach

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skills

Be proactive. Decide what you want to learn.

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Seek experiences that throw you out of your comfort zone.

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Accept growth. You’re not who you were yesterday and you certainly won’t be the same tomorrow.

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Have postmortems for every important things you do. Deconstruct successes and failures.

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Wrong timing

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Be honest with yourself. There’s always a good excuse when you’re looking for one...

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Don’t be afraid to admit when you don’t know something.

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Read, teach, click, study.

Do everything you can tolearn but, do it with a plan.

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Take things apart. Learn to deconstruct to understand how things were made and recognize patterns.

Reverse engineering reallyis an underrated skill.

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Always seek negative feedback, even though it can be mentally painful.

- Elon Musk, Inventor and Entrepreneur

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Integrate a feedback loop straight into your activities.

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Always seek negative feedback, even though it can be mentally painful.

- Elon Musk, Inventor and Entrepreneur

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Integrate a feedback loop straight into your activities.

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In this presentation:

√ Entrepreneurs√ An inventor√ A ice hockey coach

√ An advertiser√ A statistician

√ An author

Listen. Knowledge doesn't always come from the expected places. Anyone can teach you a thing or two.

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Seek out marginal voices. Most of what we see and hear is the work of a few million people. But, there’s more than 7.2 billion of us...

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Avoid automatisms. Carve your own path to knowledge.

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Connect and help out. Reply to everyone.

Dear prince of Nigeria,

Thank you for your generous offer. I’m glad I can be of assistance with your

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Connect and help out. Reply to everyone.

Dear prince of Nigeria,

Thank you for your generous offer. I’m glad I can be of assistance with your

Well... Maybe not everyone.

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See no competition. Learn by sharing and interacting with so-called competitors.

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Don’t settle. Things will get in the way, but don’t settle.

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…or people you wouldn’t want to become.

Be polite, courteous, and gentle, but ignore comments, praise, and criticism from people you wouldn't hire.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author and Statistician

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Create a system

Write everything you learn.This presentation is the

result of six years of writing.

You don't know what you know until you write it down. Write it to understand it.

- Alan Webber, Fast Company Creator

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Revisit what you know. Track your progress. Be objective.

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Great self-learners also learn from others mistakes.

Good entrepreneurs learn from their own mistakes. Great entrepreneurs learn from others mistakes.

- Dave McClure, Entrepreneur

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It’s when you start thinking that you know that you stop learning and become complacent.

Remain humble to keep on learning and growing.

- JF Bouchard, Sid Lee Co-Founder

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Prioritize. It's impossible to be an expert at everything. You push one side and the other side breaks.

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Things you know

Things you don’t know

And do And don’t do

Focus here

Knowing is only half the battle.

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Strike a balance between knowledge and action.

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Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.

- George Bernard Shaw, Playwright

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Etienne Garbugli

My New Book Now Available

@egarbugli /egarbugli

Product Design & Marketing Consultant

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