4. How do I learn?

People learn in many different ways. Some learn by writing, like Winston Churchill or Ludwig van Beethoven, who wrote thousands of pages in sketchbooks. Others learn by hearing themselves talk. Many excellent professors, legal and medical experts, and authors learn this way, Peter F. Drucker was among them. Yet others learn by reading, like John F. Kennedy as mentioned above, or by listening, as is the case with many politicians, like Lyndon B. Johnson, who became president after JFK’s assassination. Finally, there are people who learn by doing.

Most people are aware of how they learn, but very few consistently act upon this knowledge. If you know that you learn best by hearing yourself talk, you should act on that knowledge and set up your learning process accordingly. Doing anything else would be like using your left hand to write even though you are right-handed. Learning the way that suits you is the key to performing effectively, especially if you are a knowledge worker.