Learning a New Skill

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Welcome to your skill planner! I’ve created this to help you all better learn a new skill by writing down specifically what it is you want to achieve and then laying out how you can go about realizing it. 

Click here for the downloadable PDF of the template.

First, before we get into the timeline of learning, I think it’s important that you first flesh out each skill a bit more. The following categories are just a few that I’ve managed to think of and can be used as inspiration for your own learning timeline:

    1. Career-related skill

    2. Personal (i.e. skills you’d like to master, courses you’d like to take, books to read)

    3. Fitness-related skill

    4. Language you’d like to learn

N.B. so that you don’t get overwhelmed and can really make progress I think it would be smart to focus on just one skill/goal at a time. 

Some things to think about: try to keep the goals extra specific. 

  • How are you planning to go about making these goals a reality each day? 

  • Is there a particular measurement you can use (i.e. a number for your budget, a number of hours dedicated to a new skill each day, one book a month, etc.)

  • Why are you setting about learning this skill? What will keep you motivated to keep working towards it? 

  • Make sure that your expectations match the goal timeline (1-3 weeks vs. 1-2 years).

  • How can you add in an immersive aspect or aspect of necessity?

Once you’ve answered the questions above, you can get started by putting your learning plan into timelines:

Short-term plan (1-4 weeks):

(keep in mind while planning: how, why, what measurement, realistic expectations)

  1. Career-related skill/ Personal trait/ Fitness goal/ Language/ etc.

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What can you take away to make this environment more immersive or more necessary that you achieve this? (i.e. take away any fall back plan, have others hold you accountable, etc). Try to think of at least 3 :)

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Mid-term plan (4-16 weeks):

  1. Career-related skill/ Personal trait/ Fitness goal/ Language/ etc.

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What can you take away to make this environment more immersive or more necessary that you achieve this? (i.e. take away any fall back plan, have others hold you accountable, etc). Try to think of at least 3 :)

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*Remember to refer back to this template every 2-3 weeks to make sure that you are still on track with your timeline or if you need to modify at all.

Good luck!!