The Resilient Learner

TRL014 - Resilient Learner Spotlight #1 (Interview with Casey Pfeifer, The Sovereign Homestead)

Welcome to The Resilient Learner Podcast! We help learners of all ages cultivate the adaptable mindsets and skills necessary to carve their own path in their education and careers. Here comes our first interview episode in the Resilient Learner Spotlight series! Last week, I featured an episode from The Sovereign Homestead Podcast hosted by Casey Pfeifer, and today I will be interviewing Casey on this show as the first RL Spotlight. The idea behind the RL Spotlight series is highlighting someone who I feel embodies some of the key principles of The Resilient Learner, and inviting them to tell their story. Casey's path mirrors many of us (I think) - a high achiever, 'gifted and talented' student who withered on the educational vine so to speak, finding themselves a college graduate asking themselves 'What's next?' and wondering what value they actually got out of those years of school. In this episode, we will be discussing Casey's educational experiences (in and out of school), and what path(s) he has taken to take control of his education and career. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! Learn more about Casey's work by visiting: https://www.7thgenerationdesign.com/ [https://www.7thgenerationdesign.com/] https://thesovereignhomestead.com/ [https://thesovereignhomestead.com/] If you're new to the podcast, The Resilient Learner Podcast may be for you if you relate to any of the following: * You love to learn and are currently trying to learn something (start a new career/major/school/degree/class) but you're feeling fearful/stuck/unclear about how to proceed. * You lack clarity about your desires, goals, purpose and don't know where to begin to figure it all out. * You feel that your education did NOT prepare you to be successful in the 'real world' and want to do something about it now. * You have impostor feelings and self-doubt is eating you alive and limiting your professional opportunities. * You were a high achiever in K-12 and labeled as having 'a lot of potential', yet find yourself stuck and dissatisfied with your education and/or career. * You were very good at following paths created for you by authority figures, but feel incapable of creating your own 'life syllabus'. If you like this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes! Join The Resilient Learner Community: https://theresilientlearner.com/community [https://theresilientlearner.com/community] Music by Music Unlimited [https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863]

TRL013 - Get Comfortable Going First and Being Weird (Crossover from The Sovereign Homestead Podcast)

Welcome to The Resilient Learner Podcast! We help learners of all ages cultivate the adaptable mindsets and skills necessary to carve their own path in their education and careers. Today's episode is a crossover from when I was a guest on the Sovereign Homestead Podcast.The mission of the podcast is to "help liberty-loving people to design and create resilient homesteads that yield maximum freedom and provide for a high Quality of Life." Now homesteading may not be your thing, but this episode hits on many of the ideas that form the basis of The Resilient Learner. The title of this episode is Go First and Be Weird, and that is definitely something that we do around here. Sometimes, no one has created your ideal 'major' or 'career', and it's up to you to do it yourself. You have to get comfortable being at the head of the pack, so to speak. In this discussion, Casey and I talk about some experiences we've had where we've been the weirdos in the front and how we've emotionally dealt with that, and of course, what we've learned. Many of the topics aren't strictly related to what we've covered so far on the show, but I hope this episode gives you a glimpse of how the principles underlying this show can be used in other arenas of life. If you're new to the podcast, The Resilient Learner Podcast may be for you if you relate to any of the following: * You love to learn and are currently trying to learn something (start a new career/major/school/degree/class) but you're feeling fearful/stuck/unclear about how to proceed. * You lack clarity about your desires, goals, purpose and don't know where to begin to figure it all out. * You feel that your education did NOT prepare you to be successful in the 'real world' and want to do something about it now. * You have impostor feelings and self-doubt is eating you alive and limiting your professional opportunities. * You were a high achiever in K-12 and labeled as having 'a lot of potential', yet find yourself stuck and dissatisfied with your education and/or career. * You were very good at following paths created for you by authority figures, but feel incapable of creating your own 'life syllabus'. If you like this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes! Join The Resilient Learner Community: https://theresilientlearner.com/community [https://theresilientlearner.com/community] Music by Music Unlimited [https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863]

TRL012 - TRL Book Fair #3: Range

Welcome to The Resilient Learner Podcast! We help learners of all ages cultivate the adaptable mindsets and skills necessary to carve their own path in their education and careers. Today's episode is another TRL Book Fair episode - yay! I will be discussing Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David J. Epstein. This is definitely a TRL 'foundational text', using research and anecdotes (the winning self-help book combination) to demonstrate the value of being a generalist in a world that demands and incentivizes specialization. Have you ever heard the saying, "Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one"? I think that old figure of speech sums up the main idea of this book rather well. It's one of my favorite books of the last 5 years, and I hope you grab a copy asap! Resources for this episode https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/65183769-range-why-generalists-triumph-in-a-specialized-world [https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/65183769-range-why-generalists-triumph-in-a-specialized-world] https://www.grahammann.net/book-notes/range-why-generalists-triumph-in-a-specialized-world-david-epstein [https://www.grahammann.net/book-notes/range-why-generalists-triumph-in-a-specialized-world-david-epstein] If you're new to the podcast, The Resilient Learner Podcast may be for you if you relate to any of the following: * You love to learn and are currently trying to learn something (start a new career/major/school/degree/class) but you're feeling fearful/stuck/unclear about how to proceed. * You lack clarity about your desires, goals, purpose and don't know where to begin to figure it all out. * You feel that your education did NOT prepare you to be successful in the 'real world' and want to do something about it now. * You have impostor feelings and self-doubt is eating you alive and limiting your professional opportunities. * You were a high achiever in K-12 and labeled as having 'a lot of potential', yet find yourself stuck and dissatisfied with your education and/or career. * You were very good at following paths created for you by authority figures, but feel incapable of creating your own 'life syllabus'. Join The Resilient Learner Community: https://theresilientlearner.com/community [https://theresilientlearner.com/community] If you like this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave us a review on iTunes! Music by Music Unlimited [https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863]

TRL011 - TRL Book Fair #2: Grit

Welcome to The Resilient Learner Podcast! We help learners of all ages cultivate the adaptable mindsets and skills necessary to carve their own path in their education and careers. Today's episode is another TRL Book Fair episode - yay! I will be discussing Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. This is definitely a TRL 'foundational text', covering intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, how to identify the right type of goals for you, and distinguishing between growth and fixed mindsets) using a captivating blend of anecdotal and research perspectives. I definitely recommend this one! Resources for this episode https://www.samuelthomasdavies.com/book-summaries/psychology/grit/ [https://www.samuelthomasdavies.com/book-summaries/psychology/grit/] https://angeladuckworth.com/about-angela/about-character-lab/ [https://angeladuckworth.com/about-angela/about-character-lab/] https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/setting-goals-woop [https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/setting-goals-woop] https://millennial-grind.com/30-motivational-quotes-from-grit-by-angela-duckworth/ [https://millennial-grind.com/30-motivational-quotes-from-grit-by-angela-duckworth/] If you're new to the podcast, The Resilient Learner Podcast may be for you if you relate to any of the following: * You love to learn and are currently trying to learn something (start a new career/major/school/degree/class) but you're feeling fearful/stuck/unclear about how to proceed. * You lack clarity about your desires, goals, purpose and don't know where to begin to figure it all out. * You feel that your education did NOT prepare you to be successful in the 'real world' and want to do something about it now. * You have impostor feelings and self-doubt is eating you alive and limiting your professional opportunities. * You were a high achiever in K-12 and labeled as having 'a lot of potential', yet find yourself stuck and dissatisfied with your education and/or career. * You were very good at following paths created for you by authority figures, but feel incapable of creating your own 'life syllabus'. Join The Resilient Learner Community: https://theresilientlearner.com/community [https://theresilientlearner.com/community] If you like this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave us a review on iTunes! Music by Music Unlimited [https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863]

TRL010 - Fighting Impostor Feelings (Part 3: Is it you or them?)

Welcome to The Resilient Learner Podcast! We help learners of all ages cultivate the adaptable mindsets and skills necessary to carve their own path in their education and careers. Over the last two weeks, we have outlined the 5 styles of impostor feelings and considered the origins of impostor feelings, focusing on how knowing all of this information can help us fight back against these feelings. We are finishing up the series (for now) by examining situations when your impostor feelings could be indicators that something is wrong in your 'system' (job, major, degree program, etc.), and not something wrong with you (although, of course, you do have to do something about the situation)! If you're new to the podcast, The Resilient Learner Podcast may be for you if you relate to any of the following: * You love to learn and are currently trying to learn something (start a new career/major/school/degree/class) but you're feeling fearful/stuck/unclear about how to proceed. * You lack clarity about your desires, goals, purpose and don't know where to begin to figure it all out. * You feel that your education did NOT prepare you to be successful in the 'real world' and want to do something about it now. * You have impostor feelings and self-doubt is eating you alive and limiting your professional opportunities. * You were a high achiever in K-12 and labeled as having 'a lot of potential', yet find yourself stuck and dissatisfied with your education and/or career. * You were very good at following paths created for you by authority figures, but feel incapable of creating your own 'life syllabus'. If you like this episode, please subscribe, share, and leave us a rating and review on iTunes! Resources for the Impostor Feelings Series: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01289/full [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01289/full] https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2013/11/fraud [https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2013/11/fraud] https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome [https://hbr.org/2021/02/stop-telling-women-they-have-imposter-syndrome] https://www.mgma.com/resources/human-resources/feeling-like-an-impostor [https://www.mgma.com/resources/human-resources/feeling-like-an-impostor] https://www.byrdseed.com/dunning-kruger/ [https://www.byrdseed.com/dunning-kruger/] (opposite of impostor syndrome) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575024/full [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575024/full] social contexts of impostor syndromehttps://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2020/its-not-imposter-syndrome/ [https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2020/its-not-imposter-syndrome/] https://brenebrown.com/podcast/imposter-syndrome/ [https://brenebrown.com/podcast/imposter-syndrome/] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-us/201906/its-not-you-its-them [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-us/201906/its-not-you-its-them] Music by Music Unlimited [https://pixabay.com/users/music_unlimited-27600023/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=111863]