10 Habits of a Good Learner

     If you work with kids, then you know that you can never stop learning. I recently attended a seminar by Jim Wideman (http://www.jimwideman.com/) who listed ten ways to keep the learning happening.

Here are my notes:

10 Habits of a Good Learner

1. Read. This includes blogs, tweets, and online newsletters.
2. Listen to teaching. You can't very well teach what you don't know.
3. Ask questions constantly. Questions show your willingness to learn. Ask away.
4. Develop relationships with those you esteem. Connecting with those you admire gives you a chance to learn from the people who inspire you
5. Visit creative places. Give your imagination something to feed on.
6. Go to conferences. One-stop shopping for ideas, encouragement, and networking buddies.
7. Surround yourself with peers you respect. Be choosy. Remember, iron sharpens iron.
8. Be a fly on the wall and listen, listen, listen. This might be a hard skill to perfect, but it is invaluable. Good learners are good listeners.
9. Study successful people. What worked for them might work for you.
10. Join a coaching group. Everybody helps everybody.

So tell me, what keeps your brain going? How do keep learning?