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Tuesday, 22 May 2012

What if what you believed about learning was wrong? How would that change the way you run?


Learning to listen is the most important skill in running. Practice paying attention without thinking.

The most popular general theory about learning I know is quite attractive. Initially described by a Noel Burch in the 1970's, it is intuitively appealing. It has a logic to it that at first makes a lot of sense. But in a fundamental way it is also wrong and unhelpful.

This standard model has four steps and is usually described using the example of learning to drive a car.