From the founder: You Be A Learner Too

InspireWell4Life editions: You Be … Too An introduction by Dr Alten du Plessis, founder of WorkSmart4Life.

You Be A Learner Too is for people at work who keep learning: those new in a role, those changing careers, and anyone who wants to keep growing in what they do.

It draws on research on growth mindset and lifelong learning, which shows how our beliefs about ability shape the way we learn. It helps you embrace challenges, practise deliberately, reflect on how you learn, and grow through effort and through setbacks.

You receive a personalised card deck and an ebook, both carrying your own name on every page. Each A4 card has a theme, a short description and an image on the front, and on the back a gathering of quotes from many voices and wisdom traditions, with room to write your own notes. The ebook holds the same wisdom as a flowing book with a clickable contents page and a dedication written for you. The themes follow ten dimensions, among them Growth Mindset, Curiosity and Wonder, Deliberate Practice, Reflection and Meta-Learning, Adaptation and Flexibility, and Learning from Failure.

On WorkSmart4Life it sits on the WorkSmart library shelf, and it is one of the editions The Edge can give as a level reward for practice in Craft courses, the move about shaping the job you already have. The sales page leaves the pace to you, from a week per card to a month per dimension. I suggest you begin with Growth Mindset, drawing one card in the morning before your work starts.

Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, WorkSmart4Life

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