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Always Doing, Never Done: The Power of Lifelong Learning · R.E.A.L. Talk for REAL L.Y.F.E.

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  Welcome to Real Talk for Real Life, where we're realizing everyone is always
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  learning and you're living your full experience.
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  Real Talkers, it's your girl, Coach C, and welcome to Winning Wednesday.
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  Today, we're talking about one of the biggest lessons I love to unleash.
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  We are lifetime learners.
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  After the degree, after the promotion, after you've mastered your field,
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  climbed the corporate ladder, and earned that seat in the C-suite,
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  there is still something to learn.
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  You can be accomplished and still have room to grow.
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  You can be the person people come to for answers and still need to ask some questions yourself.
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  Because winning at life requires a willingness to keep learning how to live.
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  Today's real talk, always doing, never done.
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  Now let me make something clear before somebody takes this message and adds
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  12 more things to an already overflowing calendar.
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  Coach C is not telling you to work yourself into the ground.
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  You can finish the assignment. You can close the laptop. You can rest and enjoy
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  what you've accomplished.
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  But while the workday has been ending, your development still has possibilities.
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  You can be done for the day without being done growing.
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  And you will always hear Coach C say, if you're not growing, then you're dying.
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  That's my reminder to stay engaged in your own life.
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  Keep making room for discovery. Stay curious because there is more to you than
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  what you already know how to do.
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  So how do we keep winning? I've got three things for you today.
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  Stay curious, stay coachable, stay committed. Let's get into it.
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  First, stay curious. When was the last time you learned something because it interested you?
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  No employer requirement, no grade attached, nobody telling you that you had
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  to, you just wanted to know.
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  That's one reason I love a passion project. It gives curiosity somewhere to go.
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  Maybe you want to start a podcast, learn photography, grow a garden,
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  write a book, or finally figure out how to make your grandmother's recipe.
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  Let yourself explore it. Every interest does not need a business plan.
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  You can enjoy something without turning it into another source of income.
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  Sometimes the value is in discovering that you are creative in a way you hadn't considered.
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  Sometimes it's meeting people. Sometimes it's having something you look forward
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  to that belongs to you give yourself permission to be interested before you
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  require yourself to be impressive,
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  you don't have to know where every new interest will lead before you take the first step,
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  second stay coachable.
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  Because curiosity sounds good until learning requires correction.
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  We love growth when it comes with applause. But what about when it comes with feedback?
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  Can somebody show you a better way without you having to defend the way you've always done it?
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  Can you hear that didn't land well without immediately explaining why they shouldn't feel that way?
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  Can you learn from somebody younger, somebody with a different background,
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  somebody whose title doesn't outrank yours.
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  Your experience has value, but so does your willingness to listen.
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  Being accomplished does not
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  make you unteachable, and growth teaches or reaches beyond your career.
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  And you can know how to lead a department and still be learning how to communicate with your partner.
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  You can manage a budget and still need to learn how to manage your reactions.
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  You can hold multiple degrees and still be practicing how to apologize without adding a but.
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  Yes, we're taking this lesson home with us. Some of our most valuable learning
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  changes how we show up when there is no audience to impress.
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  Stay open enough to ask, what am I missing?
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  What could I do differently? What do I need to unlearn? Then give the answer some consideration.
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  Third, stay committed. Because being excited about learning something and sticking
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  with the learning process are two different experiences.
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  At first, it's fun. You bought the supplies. You signed up for the class.
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  You told everybody what you're about to do.
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  Then, you get to the part where you're not very good at it yet.
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  And suddenly that passion project is sitting in the closet With the other things
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  you were passionate about for a weekend,
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  Listen, being a beginner can be uncomfortable Especially when you're used to
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  being capable But you learn what you know now through practice Questions,
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  mistakes, and repetition,
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  Give yourself that same opportunity again Don't let being good at one thing
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  Keep you from being new at another I'll see you next time.
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  Make room to practice, ask for help, try the feedback, notice what improves,
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  and remember growth can happen while you're still sitting still too.
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  Reading, reflecting, listening, giving yourself enough quiet to recognize a
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  pattern you keep repeating.
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  There are seasons when your next lesson is how to do less, set a boundary, or receive support.
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  Stay committed to the learning your life actually needs. Now,
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  real talkers, you already know Coach C has some homework.
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  This week, we're putting curiosity on the calendar. One, pick your growth area.
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  Finish this sentence. I've accomplished blank and I still want to learn blank.
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  Let both things be true. Honor what you've done while making room for what's next.
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  Two, choose your learning move. Pick one action you can take this week.
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  Read a chapter. Find a class. Ask someone to show you how.
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  Spend 20 minutes practicing that interest you keep putting off. Give it a day and time.
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  Three, practice being coachable. Ask someone you trust, what is one thing I
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  could do differently to improve in this area?
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  Listen before you explain. Ask for an example if you need one.
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  Then choose something useful to practice.
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  And here's your Friday check-in. What did I learn? What challenged me? How will I use it?
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  Because a lesson becomes useful when it changes something you do.
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  Real talkers, celebrate the degree,
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  enjoy the promotion, be proud of the expertise you worked hard to earn.
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  Then, stay curious about who else you can become.
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  There are interests you haven't explored, skills you haven't practiced,
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  and perspectives you haven't considered.
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  Your accomplishments are worth celebrating, and your possibilities are worth exploring.
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  Always learning, always growing, always doing, never done.
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  This is Coach C, always reminding you to decide, commit, succeed.
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  Now go give yourself something new to learn. Keep learning, keep living.
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  This is real talk for real life where we're realizing everyone is always learning
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  and you're living your full experience.
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  Make sure you're following me on Instagram and Facebook at Real Talk for Real Life That's
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  L-Y-F-E for more inspiration, merchandise, and motivation between episodes This
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  is Coach C. I'll see you in the next one.