Be Bad First

Learning is our key skill for the 21st century

BooksBe Bad First

Success Depends on Our Ability to Acquire New Skills and Knowledge

We are operating in a world defined by constant connection, rapid change, and abundant choices. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reaches across the globe in seconds. Advances in medicine, technology and science are toppling boundaries every day. And decisions about where and how to work and live are nearly endless.

As new knowledge and the possibilities that arise from that knowledge propel us forward, leadership readiness expert and renowned author Erika Andersen suggests that success in today’s world requires the ability to acquire new knowledge and skills quickly and continuously—in spite of our mixed feelings about being a novice.

In Be Bad First, Erika explores how we can become masters of mastery; proficient in the kind of high-payoff learning that’s needed today. With assessments and exercises at the close of every chapter, she encourages us to embrace being bad on the way to being great—to be novices over and over again as we seek to learn and acquire the new skills that will allow us to thrive in this fast-changing world.

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Success Depends on Our Ability to Acquire New Skills and Knowledge

We are oper­at­ing in a world defined by con­stant con­nec­tion, rapid change, and abun­dant choic­es. News that once took months, even years, to spread now reach­es across the globe in sec­onds. Advances in med­i­cine, tech­nol­o­gy and sci­ence are top­pling bound­aries every day. And deci­sions about where and how to work and live are near­ly endless.

As new knowl­edge and the pos­si­bil­i­ties that arise from that knowl­edge pro­pel us for­ward, lead­er­ship readi­ness expert and renowned author Eri­ka Ander­sen sug­gests that suc­cess in today’s world requires the abil­i­ty to acquire new knowl­edge and skills quick­ly and continuously—in spite of our mixed feel­ings about being a novice.

In Be Bad First, Eri­ka explores how we can become mas­ters of mas­tery; pro­fi­cient in the kind of high-pay­off learn­ing that’s need­ed today. With assess­ments and exer­cis­es at the close of every chap­ter, she encour­ages us to embrace being bad on the way to being great—to be novices over and over again as we seek to learn and acquire the new skills that will allow us to thrive in this fast-chang­ing world.

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