When we first bought our remote property back in 2017, we aspired to off grid living. Initially we ruled it out due to cost and complexity. It moved to the "someday" list. As we've been watching the demand for energy increase this year, and the costs rise too, we decided to look at solar again.

We used AI at multiple steps during our research and evaluation process.

What motivates you to learn? We've been exploring the mindsets and methods that shape our learning experience, but this week let's get a bigger picture perspective on learning.

Understanding what motivates you to learn is going to be increasingly important; connecting learning with purpose is one way to become future-ready.

When I was four years old my mum went to teachers' college. She had worked many different jobs before having kids. Her natural inclination to teach led her to the classroom and gave me the gift of learning from her example.

One of the things she'd often say in the context of her work was that she didn't need to know everything, she only needed to know how to learn.

The future belongs to the learn-it-alls. While a know-it-all is obsessed with telling everyone how much they know, a learn-it-all is motivated by curiosity.