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How to Learn New Skills

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Content provided by Austin Hopkins. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Austin Hopkins or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In this episode, I’m talking about how to learn and apply new skills and why it’s one of the fastest ways to grow your career. Whether you’re stuck in your role or want to become more valuable at work, acquiring the right skills can make a huge difference. I’ll break down how to choose the right skill, where to learn it, and how to push through the messy parts of the process.

Timestamps

:40 – Austin Update

1:28 – Why Acquiring New Skills Is Important: Why skill-building is one of the most underrated ways to stand out in your career.

2:52 – What Learning New Skills Can Do For Your Career: The impact of adding new tools to your toolbox and how it compounds over time.

5:37 – Identifying The Right Skills to Learn: How to figure out which skills are worth your time and aligned with your goals.

10:38 – The Best Vehicles To Learn New Skills: My favorite ways to learn quickly, from books to hands-on practice.

14:20 – Overcoming Challenges in The Learning Process: What makes skill-building hard and how to push through it.

20:49 – Actionable First Steps / Applying The New Skill: What to do once you’ve picked a skill and how to apply it right away.

23:22 – Story Time: A behind-the-scenes story about how I taught myself to edit audio and video for this podcast and my YouTube channel.

26:28 – Challenge For Listeners: Pick a skill, take 15 minutes to start learning it today, and commit to action.

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Chapters

1. How to Learn New Skills (00:00:00)

2. Austin Update (00:00:40)

3. Why Acquiring New Skills Is Important (00:01:28)

4. What Learning New Skills Can Do For Your Career (00:02:50)

5. Identifying The Right Skills To Learn (00:05:39)

6. The Best Vehicles To Learn New Skills (00:10:38)

7. Overcoming Challenges In The Learning Process (00:14:20)

8. Actionable First Steps/Applying The New Skill (00:20:46)

9. Story Time (00:23:22)

10. Challenge For Listeners (00:26:28)

78 episodes

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Manage episode 476068131 series 3448250
Content provided by Austin Hopkins. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Austin Hopkins or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In this episode, I’m talking about how to learn and apply new skills and why it’s one of the fastest ways to grow your career. Whether you’re stuck in your role or want to become more valuable at work, acquiring the right skills can make a huge difference. I’ll break down how to choose the right skill, where to learn it, and how to push through the messy parts of the process.

Timestamps

:40 – Austin Update

1:28 – Why Acquiring New Skills Is Important: Why skill-building is one of the most underrated ways to stand out in your career.

2:52 – What Learning New Skills Can Do For Your Career: The impact of adding new tools to your toolbox and how it compounds over time.

5:37 – Identifying The Right Skills to Learn: How to figure out which skills are worth your time and aligned with your goals.

10:38 – The Best Vehicles To Learn New Skills: My favorite ways to learn quickly, from books to hands-on practice.

14:20 – Overcoming Challenges in The Learning Process: What makes skill-building hard and how to push through it.

20:49 – Actionable First Steps / Applying The New Skill: What to do once you’ve picked a skill and how to apply it right away.

23:22 – Story Time: A behind-the-scenes story about how I taught myself to edit audio and video for this podcast and my YouTube channel.

26:28 – Challenge For Listeners: Pick a skill, take 15 minutes to start learning it today, and commit to action.

Career Coaching

Want to level up at work?
Clients who work with us earn 57% more and get promoted 3x faster on average.

Book your free career clarity call here.

https://calendly.com/stscareercoaching/30min

Engage

Don’t miss our new episodes—released every other Wednesday. Be sure to subscribe.
Send in your career, leadership, or self-development questions, and I’ll answer them on air.

  continue reading

Chapters

1. How to Learn New Skills (00:00:00)

2. Austin Update (00:00:40)

3. Why Acquiring New Skills Is Important (00:01:28)

4. What Learning New Skills Can Do For Your Career (00:02:50)

5. Identifying The Right Skills To Learn (00:05:39)

6. The Best Vehicles To Learn New Skills (00:10:38)

7. Overcoming Challenges In The Learning Process (00:14:20)

8. Actionable First Steps/Applying The New Skill (00:20:46)

9. Story Time (00:23:22)

10. Challenge For Listeners (00:26:28)

78 episodes

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