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# The Have-A-Go Self-Improver
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2014/02/learn-by-doing-trial-error/
- Published: 2014-02-18T23:44:20.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:11:47.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Journalism, learning, training

This is an [interesting insight into learning](http://mistergough.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/speaking-volumes/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> If I was to rank the ways in which I actually learn it would look a little like this:
> 
> 1. Having a go myself
> 2. Having it demonstrated
> 3. The internet
> 4. Books
> 
> The first three are, in some way or another, conversations.

I’ve spent a lot of the last nine months delivering training. The vast majority of it is stuff I learned through 1 and 3, delivered via 2 with as many encouragements to use 1 as I can.

When it comes to digital skills – in journalism and elsewhere – the ability to learn by having a good old go at it is incredibly valuable. Why? Because the environment around us is constantly changing. A good training course can get you up to speed – but without some ability to self-teach, you’ll slip behind again.

And the key skill to doing that is assessing what went well and what went badly, and having another go…