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This exercise guides you back in time to rediscover your rookie mindset. By vividly recalling when you were new, uncertain, and full of potential, you’ll unlock powerful insights to renew your current approach to work.

Our research shows that while experience builds knowledge, it can also dull our edge. Through this deliberate practice of remembering your rookie self – the worries, the hopes, the determination – you’ll learn to combine seasoned wisdom with fresh perspective.

Let’s begin this journey of connecting with your inner rookie, where every challenge was an opportunity and anything seemed possible.

This itinerary template serves as your starting point for an adventure of a lifetime in rediscovering your rookie smarts. Like a recommended travel guide, it helps you map out the first steps of your learning journey – from where you are now to where you want to be.

Your path moves “up the learning curve,” starting at the bottom left and traversing up and to the right. Select experiments that will propel you forward, placing them strategically at points 1, 2, and 3 along your route.

Now, let’s begin charting your course to becoming a perpetual rookie.

This discussion guide and action plan serves as your companion for exploring ROOKIE SMARTS by Liz Wiseman. Whether you’re studying independently, in a book club, or with your workplace team, this guide will help ignite meaningful conversations and inspire action.

Today’s complex world needs professionals who can approach challenges with fresh eyes and adaptable mindsets. Through targeted questions, experiments, and learning itineraries, we’ll help you tap into the power of rookie smarts – combining the best of expertise and naïveté to drive extraordinary results.

Let’s begin this journey of rediscovering how to work like it’s your first time, every time.

Are you working in the learning zone? All people are natural learners. However, experience can leave us feeling comfortable and out of the learning zone.

By identifyng your current challenge level, performing a learning experiment, and shifting back into Rookie Mode you will know what you need to do to fully engage and perform at your best. Take this quiz to find out if you’re in the learning zone.