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LEARNER
This is a different type of presentation.
I’m not here to waste your time. There’s no fluff. There will be no trust-falls or high-five contests and definitely no empty motivational videos.
We’re going to keep it short, sweet, based in science, and hopefully, useful.
The goal is for this to be a nudge and a reminder about how powerful we really are.
It’s about focusing on what we can control and winning the battle between our ears.
It’s about upgrading the way we think about and approach growth.
And maybe most importantly - it’s about improving the way we deal with fear, adversity, pain, and obstacles.
I’m not here to tell you what to do, how to think, or to act like I have all of the answers, because I definitely don’t. I’m just here to share some principles and ideas that I wish I would have known sooner.
Let’s do this thing.
Trev
THE JUNGLETIGER
WHY WE NEED TO GET OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE TO GROW
STORIES ANDFEAR
WHY WE AVOID GETTING OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE
OVERCOMING STORIES
HOW TO BUILD A GROWTH MINDSET + THE SCIENCE OF NEUROPLASTICITY
STAYING IN THE JUNGLE
BUILDING RESILIENCE AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERY OBSTACLE
UNDERSTANDING FEAR
HOW CHANGING OUR PERCEPTION OF FEAR CANIMPROVE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE
THE ZOO(OUR COMFORT ZONE)
THE WILD(OUTSIDE OUR COMFORT ZONE)
WHEREWE
LOOK GOOD
WHEREWE GET
BETTER
JUNGLE TIGERMOMENTS
PROBLEMS
CHALLENGES
OBSTACLES
CHANGE
CHOOSING TOZOO TIGER=AVOIDING
THESE ->
IN THE JUNGLE
THE BEST LEARNING HAPPENS
WE AREALWAYSGOING TO BE
BADFIRST
TRUTH OF LEARNING
WE CAN’T GET GOOD UNLESS WE’RE WILLING TO BE BAD
WHEN WE ARE PRESENTED A JUNGLE TIGER MOMENT, WE USUALLY CHOOSE TO ZOO TIGER
WHY IS THAT?
WHY WE CHOOSE TO ZOO TIGER
STORIESLIMITING BELIEFS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN’T DO
OR CAN’T LEARN
FEARTHE FEAR OF LOOKING BAD, THE FEAR OF THE
UNKNOWN, THE FEAR OF TRYING SOMETHING NEW
-> -> -> ->THESE ARE UNIVERSAL.
I HAVE THEM. YOU HAVE THEM.THE PEOPLE YOU HANG OUT
WITH HAVE THEM TOO.
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STORIESBUILD OUR CAGEFEAR KEEPS US IN IT
OURGOAL
TO BECOME GREAT LEARNERS - WE DO THAT BY JUNGLE TIGERING MORE
THE PROBLEM
OUR STORIES AND FEAR KEEP US IN THE ZOO - WHERE LEARNING IS LIMITED
THE SOLUTION
USE GOOD SCIENCE TO OVERCOME OUR STORIES AND FEAR, SO WE CAN SPEND MORE TIME IN THE JUNGLE
BECOMING GREAT LEARNERS
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THE MINDSETS(THEORY DEVELOPED BY CAROL DWECK)
FIXED
SKILLS = BORN
I CAN’T (OR DON’T HAVE TO) LEARN AND GROW
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GROWTH
SKILLS = BUILT
I CAN LEARN AND GET BETTER AT STUFF
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KEY POINT: WE ARE NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS JUST A GROWTH
MINDSET PERSON OR JUST A FIXED MINDSET PERSON. OUR MINDSETS CAN CHANGE BY THE DAY, THE PROJECT, OUR MOOD, THE TASK, OR THE SKILLS INVOLVED.
BELIEF
ACTIONGROWTH
THE SFCOHTGGASTHE SELF-FULFILLING CYCLE OF HOW TO GET GOOD AT STUFF
CHANGING THE BELIEFCAN CHANGE THE SYSTEM
STORIES
THE LIMITING BELIEFS THAT WE HEAR (AND TELL OURSELVES) ABOUT THE THINGS WE CAN’T DO OR CAN’T LEARN. THEY ROB US OF THE REPS
AND EXPERIENCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO GROW AND DEVELOP SKILLS
LET’S DIG INTO THEMIdentify a few of your fixed mindset stories. When have these robbed you of an opportunity to grow and/or had a negative impact on your development? Write down a few examples. (Don’t be shy; we all have them):
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TAKING ACTION: How could you go about proving these stories wrong? These won’t change overnight, but we can all slowly start to fire new pathways. What would that look like for you?
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SCIENCESTORIES______
OUR BRAIN IS LIKEA MUSCLE
REPS + STRUGGLE + TIME = GROWTHWATCHING CAN TEACH US TACTICS DOING BUILDS THE SKILL_>ANYONECAN MAKEA MUSCLESTRONGER
ANYONECAN GETBETTER ATTHEIR SKILLS
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SKILLSARE BUILT,NOTBORN.AND THEY ARE YOURS IF YOU EARN THEM
FEARROBS US OF LEARNINGOPPORTUNITIES
ALL OF THE TIME
FEARS
OUR DEFAULT RESPONSE TO LEAVING OUR COMFORT ZONE, TRYING SOMETHING NEW, CHANGE, STRUGGLE, THE UNKNOWN,
AND LEARNING IN THE WILD
LET’S DIG INTO THEMWhen has fear robbed you of an opportunity to grow and/or had a negative impact on your development? Write down a few examples. (We all have about 900):
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TAKING ACTION: How could you go about dancing with these fears? Just like with overcoming stories, we’re not going to master it in a day, or even a week - but we can all get better over time. How could you start small and practice this?
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WE DON’THAVE TO BEFEARLESSBUT WE CANLEARN TO KEEP IT IN THEBACKSEATFEAR=OK
GETTING BETTER IS NOT PRETTYTO GET GOODWE HAVE TO BE DOWNTO STRUGGLESEEK OUT CHALLENGES MAKE MISTAKESEXPERIMENTTO TRAINUGLY
LEARN LIKE ASCIENTISTCARE ABOUT OUTCOMESBUT FOCUS ON THE PROCESS
TAKE THE RESULTS SERIOUSLYNOT PERSONALLY
FOCUS ON GETTING BETTERNOT JUST LOOKING GOOD
YOU ARE THE SCIENTISTNOT THE EXPERIMENT
START STRUGGLE FAIL FIX LEARN -> -> -> ->
IS THIS CHALLENGE:A THREAT AN OPPORTUNITY POINTLESS
THE WAY WE FRAMESOMETHING
CAN DETERMINE WHAT WE GET FROM IT
AND THE WAY WE PERFORM
FRAMING
FINDING THE OPPORTUNITY IN A CHALLENGE IS A SKILL
THESE TWO QUESTIONS CAN HELP
WHAT WOULD A SCIENTIST DO?WHAT CAN I LEARN FROM THIS?
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What are some typical challenges that you face here?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What are some of the opportunities inside of these challenges?(Remember: finding the opportunity does not mean we’re blind to the problems or diminishing the difficulty of the situation)
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LET’S PRACTICE
IT’S JUNGLE
TIGER TIME
What are two (relevant) skills that, if you developed them, would have the biggest impact on you?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TAKING ACTION: How could you go about building these? There will probably be a story or two holding you back and there will definitely be some fear involved - but now you have the tools to beat that. Believe you can grow, put fear in its place, get those reps, fire those pathways - it’s jungle tiger time! (this takes time but it can absolutely be done).
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All of this sounds good in theory, but the real magic happens when we start to put it into action. That’s the hard part. It’s really difficult to be a great learner. Nobody is perfect at it - nobody spends 24/7 in the jungle. The idea is to be aware of our choices, the forces that keep us in the zoo, and to work to spend a little more time in the jungle. The jungle tiger learned to survive in the wild by living there.And the same rules apply to us. We become great learners through practice, and action, by spending more time in the jungle. So let’s get started.
HUNGRY FOR MORE?
BOOK RECSFull list at: trainugly.com/bookshelf
MindsetBrain Rules by John MedinaThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeMindset by Carol DweckThe Art of Learning by Josh WaitzkinSo Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
Jungle TigeringDaring Greatly by Brené BrownWhat To Do When It’s Your Turn by Seth GodinThe War of Art by Steven PressfieldBig Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
ResilienceRising Strong by Brené BrownLove Warrior by Glennon DoyleThe Obstacle is the Way by Ryan HolidayBefore Happiness by Shawn AchorThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoEgo is the Enemy by Ryan HolidayLetters from a Stoic by Seneca
CultureThe Culture Code by Daniel CoyleCreativity Inc by Ed CatmulStart with Why by Simon SinekLeaders Eat Last by Simon SinekDrive by Daniel Pink
TRAINUGLY.COMBest ArticlesSkills are Built, Not BornRobbing RepsLeadershipEasy vs BetterStruggling on PurposeGrowth SwagModeling = Safety
Best VideosTEDx Talk: “Overcoming” FearTEDx Talk: Learning Like a Jungle TigerGrowth Mindset - How it works, why it mattersOvercoming FearBlock vs Random PracticeUnleashing the Learning MachineThe Train Ugly Manifesto
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ShoutoutsIt would be impossible to thank everyone that helped to build this workshop and workbook, but here are a few:
Nicole Carlson, Larry Wilkins, Alex Belser, Noah Jacobson, every author listed, my family, John Kessel, Richard Schmidt, Robert Bjork, Karch Kiraly, Shaan Puri, and Courtney Thompson