Countless number of traits bring success to people. Among those, my vote goes to the ability of learning. In today's world where everything is changing and evolving in a faster pace than ever before, a person's capability to learn, unlearn, and relearn is the most fundamental driver of personal competitive advantage.

How I cope with the "learning" challenge? Here is the list:

  1. Teach someone: This is by far the most amazing learning tool I have. If I teach someone, I learn it best.
  2. Talk to someone: The new learning in a discussion is so deeply curated (and therefore targeted to the point) and has a huge bandwidth that no other non-human sources can provide.
  3. Google Reader: After many years of existence, RSS is still my best tool for learning. Google is my best RSS reader.
  4. Kindle: Books were always there but with Kindle, the pace of learning doubled for me. What brought Kindle into the list? Ability to get the content instantly, portability, bookmarking and dictionary.
  5. Del.icio.us: The social bookmarking service keeps thousands of my bookmarks accumulated over 6 years. It is my repository for relearning and unlearning.

What is on your list?