Is your current mindset helping or hurting your career in a world that's changing faster than ever? What if the secret to staying relevant and fulfilled isn't more hustle — but a willingness to slow down, reflect, and grow?
In this episode, Tamara Loring and Dr. Mike Smith explore how embracing a life-long learning mindset can transform not just your career path, but your sense of purpose, direction, and well-being.
- Tamara Loring cannot think of a time when lifelong learning has been as important as it is today.
- According to the World Economic Forum's "Future of Jobs Report", by 2027, 83 million jobs are expected to be lost, while 69 million new jobs will be created thanks to things like AI, automation, and so on.
- 44% of workers' core skills are expected to change in the next 5 years alone. Up to 14% of the global workforce will need to shift occupation categories due to automation.
- Those forecasts make Tamara feel grateful for her network, as well as the lifelong learning mindset she has embraced.
- "Learning is not just about formal education, it's about curiosity and the willingness to grow at every stage of your career," says Tamara.
- Dr. Mike Smith emphasizes that it is the continuous learning mindset that allows you to be a continuous life learner.
- Change is inevitable. The question is: are you going to change before you need to or wait until you have to?
- Tamara and Dr. Mike talk about how coaching and learning go hand-in-hand.
- Nowadays, there's a wealth of information and knowledge sources out there — it's the lack of action that paralyzes some people or makes them feel unfulfilled.
- We all have fears… but what if FEAR is nothing more than False Evidence Appearing Real?
- For Tamara, one of the key benefits of coaching is that it can challenge your fixed mindset.
- Remember: just because you think or believe something, it doesn't necessarily make it true…
- Dr. Mike touches upon how the daily grind often leads not only to you having a fixed mindset but also to you losing sight of your why.
- A coach can help create the space for you to slow down and really go back to your why, as well as help you discover a whole new level of awareness you weren't aware of.
- Tamara talks about the importance of understanding your passion vs. your purpose.
- Dr. Mike brings up research that confirms the correlation between longevity and having a lifelong learning mindset.
- Never forget: your mental well-being affects everything else: your sleep, the way you feel, etc.
- Tamara invites you to embrace feeling uncomfortable and to focus on being a "human being" instead of just being a "human doing".
- Tamara shares a practical "next step" to focus on and carry out after you're finished with this episode.
- This may come as a surprise to you, but citing the late Zig Ziglar, Dr. Mike points out that it's the start that stops most people.
- Wondering about embracing a life-long learning mentality? "Remember that you never start from scratch, but you start from experience," stresses Dr. Mike.
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Zig Ziglar
