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Are You Showing Them How To Be A Student? | Expect To Change Your Opinions

Apr 7, 2023

Lifelong learning is essential for both adults and kids, challenging the idea that education ends with graduation. It's crucial to question our own biases and stay open to new perspectives. The podcast highlights the dangers of ignorance and overconfidence, emphasizing humility in the pursuit of wisdom. By looking to Socrates as a model, it warns against confirmation bias and encourages continuous questioning of our beliefs for personal growth. Embrace change and the idea that opinions can evolve!

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How to be an Adult and Pursue a Lifelong Learning Journey

01:42

Intro

4min

The Dangers of Ignorance and Overconfidence

2min

Embracing Humility and Open-Mindedness in Learning

5min

This is an excerpt from Ryan Holiday’s latest book The Daily Dad.

If you think back to when you were a kid, what appeared to you to be the best part about being an adult? No more school. Our parents didn’t have to carry around heavy books or do homework. We never saw them applying to get into this school or that one. It’s sort of sad that, by and large, we show our kids that education stops. That while adulthood is isn’t always fun, one perk is that you no longer have to go to class. That graduation is a final destination.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

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And in today's Daily Stoic excerpt reading, Ryan discusses why it is so important to recognize the malleability of your own opinions, biases and preconceptions.

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