Just in Time Learner

The Value of Just-in-Time Learning
Meg Smith Meg Smith

The Value of Just-in-Time Learning

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.

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Unlocking your learning motivation
Meg Smith Meg Smith

Unlocking your learning motivation

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.

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Discover your unique Learning Style
Meg Smith Meg Smith

Discover your unique Learning Style

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.

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How do you become a learn-it-all?
Meg Smith Meg Smith

How do you become a learn-it-all?

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.

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Who Do You Want to Be?
Meg Smith Meg Smith

Who Do You Want to Be?

We all want to be successful, but have you ever taken the time to think about what success means to you?

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Wandering Through Stories: A Journey Across Europe
Meg Smith Meg Smith

Wandering Through Stories: A Journey Across Europe

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to Europe through the pages of books and the frames of films. The continent’s rich history, layered architecture, and centuries-old stories called to me from across the world in Aotearoa New Zealand. I wanted to walk the same cobbled streets where countless lives had unfolded long before mine.

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How I Stopped Treating AI Like a Search Engine
Meg Smith Meg Smith

How I Stopped Treating AI Like a Search Engine

At the start of 2024, I was still in the habit of treating AI like a search engine—asking a question and hoping to get the “right” answer. The trouble with that approach is it often comes with a closed mindset; we typically have a predetermined answer in mind when we ask the question.

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