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EPISODE · Jan 19, 2026 · 13 MIN

Skills Sprint: How to Learn as You Go (Without Finding More Time)

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Today, Helen and Sarah are kicking off the Learn Like A Lobster skill sprint with Day 1: Learn As You Go. In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore how you can keep learning as part of your everyday, without having to find more time. They share practical ways to collect data for your growth - including understanding your strengths, tracking your listen-talk ratio, and optimising your productivity - to gain clarity, confidence, and actionable insights. By combining self-reflection with simple data-gathering techniques, you’ll discover how small adjustments in what you already do can accelerate your career and help you be known for the impact you actually want to make. 🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F 🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster: 🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn 🇬🇧 Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/3KcRZaR ⏱️ Timestamps (00:00) Welcome (00:57) Lobsters never stop growing (02:02) Learn as you go: how to collect data (03:07) What do you want to be know for? (06:26) Your listen-talk ratio (08:49) Knowing your notifications (10:30) Inspiration & 24hr action 🎯 What You’ll Learn Why career growth is continuous and how to embrace learning as you go How to collect data on your strengths, listening, and productivity Ways to reflect on your impact and align it with your career goals 📚 Resources Mentioned Learn Like a Lobster Profiler – https://www.learnlikealobsterprofiler.com/ Poised App – https://poised.com Fireflies AI – https://fireflies.ai For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email [email protected] More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 📩 Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F 📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction 📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: https://www.amazingif.com/books/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, Helen and Sarah are kicking off the Learn Like A Lobster skill sprint with Day 1: Learn As You Go. In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore how you can keep learning as part of your everyday, without having to find more time. They share practical ways to collect data for your growth - including understanding your strengths, tracking your listen-talk ratio, and optimising your productivity - to gain clarity, confidence, and actionable insights. By combining self-reflection with simple data-gathering techniques, you’ll discover how small adjustments in what you already do can accelerate your career and help you be known for the impact you actually want to make. 🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F 🦞 Pre-order Learn Like A Lobster: 🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn 🇬🇧 Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/3KcRZaR ⏱️ Timestamps (00:00) Welcome (00:57) Lobsters never stop growing (02:02) Learn as you go: how to collect data (03:07) What do you want to be know for? (06:26) Your listen-talk ratio (08:49) Knowing your notifications (10:30) Inspiration & 24hr action 🎯 What You’ll Learn Why career growth is continuous and how to embrace learning as you go How to collect data on your strengths, listening, and productivity Ways to reflect on your impact and align it with your career goals 📚 Resources Mentioned Learn Like a Lobster Profiler – https://www.learnlikealobsterprofiler.com/ Poised App – https://poised.com Fireflies AI – https://fireflies.ai For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email [email protected] More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 📩 Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 🦞 Join our Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://bit.ly/4oZzJ3F 📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction 📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: https://www.amazingif.com/books/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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