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The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133

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The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133

Why leaders watch it

Demonstrates how hard it is to unlearn entrenched habits, a useful frame for why change takes time.

Destin of Smarter Every Day learns to ride a bicycle whose steering is reversed, taking about eight months, and compares it with how his young son learned much faster. It illustrates knowledge versus understanding and brain plasticity in adults versus children.

Topics: Learning & growth, Change & transformation

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