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What does it mean?
True learning inevitably leads to change as its final outcome.
In plain terms
If learning is genuine, it results in change.
What can you take from it?
Real learning always ends in some form of change.

Where it applies

  • self education
  • skill acquisition
  • personal development

Putting it to work

  • Seek true learning
  • Expect change
  • Measure by outcome

Questions to consider

  • How do you know you learned something truly?
  • Must all learning lead to change?

Another view

Sometimes knowledge is gained without immediate behavioral change.

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