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Build For Tomorrow

The Greatest Myth About Learning

Build For Tomorrow

Jason Feifer

Business, History, Technology, Entrepreneurship

4.7573 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

For decades, people have been told they have a certain “learning style.” Maybe you think you’re a visual learner, for example, or a reading/writing learner. But new research is upending all that. Here’s what we got wrong — and how we can become truly better learners. The “Build For Tomorrow” book is here! Grab your copy at www.jasonfeifer.com/book Get in touch! Newsletter: onethingbetter.email Website: jasonfeifer.com Instagram: @heyfeifer Twitter: @heyfeifer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hear that? It's your big McDonald's hunger calling, because the big arch is back, and this time

0:05.3

is here to stay with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and that big arch sauce.

0:09.9

Hungry? You are now. Order delivery on the McDonald's app.

0:15.3

Serve from 11am. Upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders. Subjects availability, price and

0:19.0

participation may vary.

0:21.2

This is Build For Tomorrow, a podcast about the smartest solutions to our most misunderstood

0:26.2

problems.

0:27.4

I'm Jason Pfeiffer, and in each episode, I take something that seems concerning or confusing today

0:31.9

and figure out where it came from, what important things we're missing, and how we can create

0:36.4

more opportunity tomorrow.

0:39.1

What style of learner are you? Chances are you actually have an answer to that question,

0:45.8

and that's because when you were in school, you were likely introduced to the concept of learning

0:50.9

styles. It's been around for decades, and it basically says every individual person is a specific kind of learning styles. It's been around for decades, and it basically says every individual person

0:56.2

is a specific kind of learner. One of the most popular models for this is called the VARC model,

1:02.7

which you probably are familiar with, even if you don't know the name VARC. It says that everyone

1:07.2

is one of four kinds of learners. They are either a visual learner, an oral learner,

1:13.5

a reading, writing learner, or a kinesthetic learner, which is to say that you either learn best

1:18.8

by seeing something, by hearing something, by reading and writing something, or by doing a

1:23.3

physical activity. And I bet that as I say these words, you are thinking to yourself which

1:29.0

style of learner you are. And I bet it feels true to you. I bet you have a lifetime of experience

1:34.9

to back that up and you rely on this insight today whenever you want to absorb new information.

1:41.0

I do it too. I know exactly what style of learner I am. Now, try to learn this.

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