Superlearning Professionals: Recent Episodes

Dominic Zijlstra

Dom interviews professionals about their learning journey

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Polyglot Clara speaks 7 languages. Here she shares her process, which you can also use to learn any language from zero. She shares her methods for handling overwhelm, avoiding plateauing at a certain level, finding fun immersion content, and how to overcome your shyness to speak

Connect with Clara at https://twitter.com/TheIndLang

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Superlearner Devesh built an online outreach agency to $25k MRR in 2020 while still in university, and started a profitable influencer marketing agency in 2021. Here he explains how he learned the necessary skills in a few months with Twitter and some online courses

Connect with Devesh at https://twitter.com/DONVESH

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Art Lapinsch worked for a venture builder in Silicon Valley, before quitting and building his own company, fully remote and without VC money. He is now sharing his learnings and working on an online course

Connect with Art at https://twitter.com/artlapinsch

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Hasan Kubba wrote 'The Unfair Advantage'. In this podcast he explains how you can find your unfair advantage, and use it to earn a living online even if your audience is small.

Connect with Hasan at https://twitter.com/StartupHasan

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4x entrepreneur Cam Houser failed twice before building a succesful company on third attempt. What's he learned about learning is that courage makes all the difference. Be brave enough to do stuff you're not ready for. Fail, learn and try again.

Connect with Cam at https://twitter.com/cahouser

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Online facilitator and polyglot René Nauheimer on how to set up a creative group process for success, and how the same techniques help with learning multiple languages

Connect with Rene at https://twitter.com/renaui

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Professional learner Ramses Oudt explains why learning is inherently a messy process, which is why structures and consistent reflection need to always be in place to get the most out of learning. 

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From speaking in courtrooms to becoming one of the world's most recognized performative speakers, Robbie Crabtree uses knowledge from a wide array of disciplines to deliver impactful speeches

Connect with Rob at @RobbieCrabtree

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History offers valuable lessons on the problems we face now. Dan Collison tells us about naivity as a superpower and how to beat the Minotaur

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With any ambitious project what matters is Who not How. As Jesse found out when building his vision it was getting the right people excited that made all the difference. They bring in their own How so you don't have to start from scratch

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Psypreneur performance coach Joey Doughty takes us on his learning journey on how he cleverly combines psychology with entrepreneurship in his profession and business.

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Memory athlete Brian Groat lets us in on the different memory techniques to harness the power of your brain.

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In this episode, Julia looks back on her copywriting journey and becoming an expert in online courses.

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“How did you learn that?” is a question Andrew Barry often asks others, but in this episode he’ll be the one answering it! On effective teaching and learning methods, storytelling and a whole lot more

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In this interview with Daniel Canosa, we learn more about knowledge management and his learning journey becoming a full time online creator.

Connect with Daniel at https://twitter.com/dcanosa

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We have multiple personalities inside us, which we can access to gain different perspectives, learn and get creative.

John Pinckard helps entrepreneurs access their personalities to unlock creativity. Startups are highly creative, though often not seen as such.

We also talk about asking the right questions, and inspiring others.

Connect with John at https://twitter.com/johnpinckard

Find out more about Superlearning at https://dominiczijlstra.com/superlearning.

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Never tell a story without a point, and never make a point without a story.

All the logic in the world won't convince anybody if you can't make an emotional connection, and you can make that connection with a story.

John Bates learnt from his own experience how to speak like a leader and tell a convincing story.

Connect with John Bates at https://twitter.com/johnbates.

Find out more about Superlearning at https://dominiczijlstra.com/superlearning.

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Motivation is a lie, a fleeting emotion. Momentum however is real, and you can create systems that build momentum and then ride it out. Putting on your gym shoes may create the momentum to go for a run.

I talk with Corey about momentum, and how to build an intentional and meaningful life, aligning your goals with your values and learning the things that serve your audience.

Connect with Corey at Twitter.com/CoreyWilksPsyD

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I talk with Steven Wilkinson on the Price of Education. 

This conversation originated from a thread on twitter about whether education should be free https://twitter.com/DominicZijlstra/status/1404791942752313348?s=20 

Steven asked what "free" was and talked about how everything has a cost. We're continuing that conversation here.

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For any note taking system, there's bad chaos and good chaos.

Bad chaos is when we are overwhelmed by TODO's and lose sight of the bigger picture. Good chaos is the unavoidable messiness of ideas that brings inspiration.  

I talk with Nate Kadlac talks about embracing chaos in your creative process, getting better by copying and putting in the reps, connecting knowledge from different fields and the power of weekly reviews.  

Connect with Nate Kadlac at http://twitter.com/kadlac 

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Information is growing exponentially. Knowledge, which lives inside people, is bounded. The challenge is updating that knowledge based on the latest relevant information.  

Junaid Kalia has some great methods for this, based on his experience in neurology. We also talk about spaced repetition, intentional learning, deliberate practice and a simple lifelong learning habit you can follow.  

Connect with Junaid at https://www.linkedin.com/in/junaidkalia/ or https://twitter.com/jskalia

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20 years ago, it was said, if you had a tough childhood you're going to struggle for the rest of your life. Now we're slowly starting to realize we can rewire ourselves to become resilient through neuro-plasticity.

Emmy Sobieski managed to rewire her brain after childhood to become resilient, become a better listener, a better speaker and a superlearner.  

We also talk about following your curiosity, the importance of play, ultralearning and the compounding effect of consistency. 

Connect with Emmy at https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmy-sobieski-cfa-cnc-wellness-self-care-health-workshops-coaching/

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Learning is highly emotional. Technology can only help people learn better if it complements the emotional, social and community aspect of learning. Tech guys like me often overlook this, but today I'm talking with Elliot Lum, a very experienced marketer who has set up succesful learning pod

Connect with Elliot Lum at twitter.com/Elliot_Lum

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Today I'm joined by Ely Apao.

We talk about breaking knowledge down into its fundamental blocks, making evergreen notes in a Zettelkasten and a way to get into your flow state instantly.

Connect with Ely: https://twitter.com/Jozzua

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Learning a new language is hard. We are often motivated at the beginning, but soon we hit a dip. I talk with James Stuber about how he got through his step when learning Japanese and went on to become fluent. We also talk about spaced repetition, immersion, sketch noting, and a barbell approach to learning.

Connect with James at https://twitter.com/uberstuber

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I talk with Karaminder about his super brain and skills, innate and learned. We also talk about EQ and empathy, idea generation, finding your purpose, how habits beat goals, and about storytelling.

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I talk with superlearner Devesh about extreme learning by doing.

He built a digital outreach agency over the past year which now generates $20k per month.

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I talk with superlearner Ryan Chadha about the superpower of focus in the internet age.   

We also talk about how Ryan discovered a repeatable process to succesfully learn anything fast.