Unapologetic Learning is the process of not giving a f*ck and being open to reading, listening and watching others share knowledge, and not being afraid to ask the simplest of questions.

It could be that you are covering ground that you think you already know, but want to take on board how someone else is presenting it. There's always space for you to say "Let's put it another way..." as different people, different ages, different cultures might respond to different phrases.

Also, it can be a check on how you are expressing your thoughts. Could you have conveyed it in as simple terms, are you using too much jargon, is there any bias in your approach that you haven't picked up on?

There could be some things that you are scared of showing that you are attending that course for fear of someone thinking "Oh, don't you know that already?"

No need to apologise, just soak it up.... as and when you can.

I suffer from "Tsundoku", a Japanese word meaning the act of buying too many books that don't get read. I don't have many fiction books but have a stack of cookery books, for eye candy, and a small growing set of business books.

In the past I have been intimidated in business peer groups when conversation goes around the table and people are telling you what books they have read lately, or more to the point, what you should be reading. Gulp, it's that awkward moment when I mumble and move on, or make my apologies about not being much of a reader.

Why do I keep on apologising?

The books that I have sailed through are silly nonsense fact books like Notes and Queries by The Guardian, Does anything eat shit, Does anything eat wasps, and Why don't penguins feet freeze to name a few.

Lately though I am doing better and the reason why is that the books are from Conference Speakers Mark Schaefer and Andrew Davis. Mark Schaefer is someone I have seen speak twice in Bournemouth, and Andrew Davis did a full blown knockout presentation, which was really a production, for the Atomicon 2020 conference. Also, both were kind enough to give me one-to-one time in talking through some points or ideas I had.

What seems to be working for me is to read just a few pages, dotted throughout the day.

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