Learning Barters
The world needs more learning barters. 🤝
A few weeks back, my friend Gus and I made a deal. Two hours of sparring over two weeks. He helped me figure out where AI fits in my solo business. I helped him think through an email course he's building.
Win-win.
Just the prep before our AI session was eye-opening. I mapped my entire workflow on paper. Everything from how I get clients, to how I run projects, to how I write online. 2+ years of running Field and I'd never laid it all out in one place.
Talking to Gustavo da Cunha Pimenta helped me supercharge that. Here are 3 things on my mind from our conversation:
Owning my context. How can I keep my knowledge in markdown files and folders you control. Platforms change. My context shouldn't be locked into one.
Tapping into the power of compounding. Every project debrief, every lesson learned should feed back into the system for it to learn more and become better at helping me.
Knowing my moat. Gus told me my visuals are something I should keep doing myself. AI can't make the connections my brain makes with a metaphor and an icon. That felt good to hear.
Could I have arrived at these on my own? Maybe.
In one hour? No chance.
Sometimes learning from people adds expertise. Other times it adds rocket fuel to thinking you've already started. Gustavo da Cunha Pimenta you did both - thank you!
If you're keen on doing a learning barter with me, write to me. I can help you think through learning design, visualisation, entrepreneurship, or careers.
