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Habits and Hustle

Episode 225: Daniel T. Willingham: Why Learning Is Hard and How To Become Better At It

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen and Habit Nest

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4763 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Why is learning so hard for some of us? In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I chat with Daniel T. Willingham about the frustrations many of us have with learning both in academic and real-life settings. While it’s important to be a good independent learner in our day-to-day if we want to grow, most of us need support in different ways. Daniel offers tips and strategies for becoming a better learner, how to keep distractions away, and more. To learn more about Daniel: Book: Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard & How You Can Make It Easier Website: http://www.danielwillingham.com/ My links: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Crypto doesn't sleep, so neither do we.

0:04.0

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0:11.6

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0:13.8

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0:18.8

Crypto trading involves risk of loss.

0:21.7

Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins.

0:24.7

You're listening to Habits in Hustle.

0:26.6

Crash it.

0:33.0

So today we have Daniel Willingham on the podcast who wrote a book called

0:38.0

Outsmart Your Brain, Why Learning It's Hard, and How You Can Make It Easy.

0:42.2

You went to Harvard, right?

0:43.4

You've been teaching at the University of Virginia for many years.

0:47.2

Are you still there, by the way?

0:48.8

I am still there.

0:49.9

Oh, you are.

0:50.6

OK.

0:51.0

Have you been there this whole time?

0:52.8

Yeah.

0:53.8

Wow.

0:54.2

I mean, I came here in 1992.

0:57.0

I mean, I went home some in the evenings.

1:00.2

But yes, I've been working here since 1992.

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