How to be a Life Long Learner

Besides being ________________________, Oakley explains, continued learning can serve us well in the workforce.

What is “second skilling”?

When we lose our job, or work just starts to feel unsatisfying, having other skills can give us more ______ and _________.

Mindshift tells the story of one Dutch university employee who enriched her career thanks to her passion for online ________________

She became __________ manager of the university’s online courses, devising strategies to keep digital interactions __________ just as she had done in the _____________ world.

We can never tell where our expertise will ______ us or where it will come in handy.

The risk of you getting _____________________ is reduced by continuing to learn.

Learning could even extend your _________. People who read books for more than _________ hours a week are _________ percent less likely to die over a 12-year period.

What does Focus and Don’t Focus mean?

• Paying attention efficiently

• Our brain needs intense periods of focus followed by periods of mind-wandering

• Has been shown to improve our long-term memory and reverse age-related declines in brain function

• Studying in bit-sized chunks of information or skills

______________ activity can actually help us grow new brain __________________ and neurotransmitters; it’s also been shown to __________ our long-term memory and reverse age-related declines in brain function. In fact, walking for just ______________ minutes a day is enough to reap some benefits.