Madison outlines 5 principles for learning out loud in her course:
- Learn first, post second. It’s important to do your learning and to work on your projects before sharing anything online. This is because sharing online will often feel like a “win,” mentally, and get in the way of you actually doing the work. You want to build a strong, positive feedback loop of: learn, share online, and receive positive feedback. Receiving positive feedback for sharing what you already learned, as opposed to what you want to learn, will give you confidence and and energy to learn more (before sharing).
- Fall in love with the process. Your effort will take time to mature on the vine. If you start by focusing on results (getting sponsorship, earning money, finding a job) you’ll get frustrated when that doesn’t come on your timeline. Instead, try to think of learning as an infinite game (as opposed to a finite game) by falling in love with the process or learning and sharing. Ironically, this will likely lead you to a better outcome than starting by focusing on the outcomes.
- Stay consistent. If you think about the people who you follow and enjoy learning from online, one thing you may notice about them is that they are consistent - they publish often and in the same formats. You probably expect this consistency from them. Because it works! Your goal with learning and sharing should be consistency over a long time period. You can accomplish this by setting and keeping to a schedule and starting small.
- Be the dealer, not the addict. The way to get the most benefit from social media is to limit your consumption of content (the addict) and focus on the production of content (the dealer). There are a lot of ways to accomplish this (site blockers, limited schedule, etc).
- Build authority. Frame your posts as what you have learned, not what you haven’t learned yet. This is more helpful to those around you (online) because you’re sharing what you’ve just learned. And, this orientation performs better on social media anyway: you come off as a (recent) authority on a topic instead of a novice.
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