Overview

We've grown up in an era where learning alone is the default. I personally feel that we are shifting to a society where this will change.

Learning

Determine what you want to learn based on your goals
Find the best resources on it
Take internal notes
Apply the ideas

Co-Learning

Build a learning network

Personal relationships with successsful, superlearner polymaths who are givers, vulnerable and great teachers
Setup your social media feeds (Twitter, podcasts)
Build your social following

Learn together on co-learning calls
Share your notes with others:

Semi-privately via messages
Publicly via social media and digital garden as a beacon for people wanting to learn the same topic.

Also, notice signals from your network on what to learn

So the question is, which one of these will perform the best long-term?

Learning alone is easier to justify and see the immediate concrete benefits on.

Co-Learning is a little bit more messy. It requires building relationships where the outcomes are uncertain. Many people who you talk to will not work out.

On the other hand, others can help you in a few ways:

Reveal blindspots
Persistently tell you about opportunities you might normally write off
Introduce a level of serendipity

Now that I understand things, I feel like it actually takes a long time to build a relationship into a learning one.

My Big Lessons Learned

There is an 80/20 of the 80/20 when it comes to relationships.
To find those 80/20s is hard, but worth it.
When you become a parent and married, your available time for relationship building drops dramatically.

Overview
My Big Lessons Learned