Life Lessons in Rapid Fire Learning

I can't believe it's already the 25th of June. Life is sure moving fast forward for me. Lots of new stuff happened for me this, and lots of learning for me this month, with help from some super smart people.

Let's get to this month's Rapid Fire Learning!

1. Little things can create big results. Thanks for the reminder Lisa!
2. Winners quit. All the time. Don't believe me? Read about The Dip, and then buy yourself and your friends a copy of The Dip book, and start quitting today. Read the best review of the book, and decide for yourself whether or not this book is for you.
3. I need to work on keeping the main thing "the main thing."
4. I'm only a mid-level nerd. Not sure if I'm supposed to celebrate that or be sad. But I am.
5. Just finished my Strengthsfinder 2.0 assessment, and I found out my top 5 strengths are Woo, Communication, Maximizer, Positivity and Futuristic. Now to find out what to do with them...Do you know your strengths? Learn more about this book and about learning to lead at Learning Project #2.

What did you learn this month? Share your learnings with a trackback or a comment or just post away on your own site.

[Phil Gerbyshak is the author of 10 Ways to Make It Great!, and can be found changing the world most days over at Make It Great! Phil is one of the original contributors to JJLN, and a listing of the articles he's written on Joyful Jubilant Learning can be found here.]

Comments

[Herman]

I just started reading the Dip yesterday and I'll be completing the reading today. Little book with a lot of insight. What challenges me the most is the idea of being the best in the world. It's about a commitment to offer the very best that one can give at every single opportunity.

[Phil Gerbyshak]

You are absolutely right Herman. It is all about that commitment to give it everything you've got, every chance you've got.

The Dip is definitely a powerful book that comes in a small but jam packed package.

[Rosa Say]

Just today, I learned what Gateball is because of a story in our local Hawaii newspaper about how wonderful it has become for our communities' senior citizens. Turns out it was invented over 60 years ago, and is just now reaching a tipping point here in Hawaii thanks to clubs which formed around competing in an Annual Gateball Tournament which is about 10 years old now.

If gateball is new to you too, here is more on Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateball

And here is a 3-minute comedy video from Japan, where the game originated:
http://www.atomfilms.com/film/gateball.jsp

[Phil Gerbyshak]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing Rosa!

Amazing what we can learn when we slow down and pay attention.