The Grumpstump

Learning new things everyday can be a very tough thing to do. LifeHack has written a fantastic post different ways you can learn something new every day. The ideas there focus a lot on ‘automating’ your learning with podcasts, RSS feeds, etc. I agree that these are all very good ways to learn core concepts.

However, if you stop there in your ‘daily learning’ I really don’t think you will end up being that fulfilled. I know I’m not.

Here’s Why:

When I look at all the various activities I do, the most challenging ones are the ones I love to do the most. Many of them are becoming hobbies and passions in their own right.

For example, Yesterday I worked on the following life projects:

• Work
• My relationship with my new fiancee
• Squidoo
• Sell My Lens
• Instant Online Auction
• Marketing Brainstorming
• Ebay
• Antique Booth Business
• Learned all about Adwords w/ Google Analytics
• Houston Antique Source
• etc, etc, etc.

Reading about things is all well and good, but getting out there and doing something, anything, you haven’t done before is the key to really developing as a person.

Turning passions into cash is what is allowing my fiancee to go after her true love, art and actually make more money than she was full-time by working part-time.

Doing something that makes you uncomfortable every day helps you to grow way faster than reading the same tips off of your computer screen every day.

/grump