How to Keep Learning as an Adult: Build Your Own Curriculum & Become a Student Again
Thank you to Granola for sponsoring this video. Try it for free at https://www.granola.ai/tigersisters Check out our matcha brand, Sisters Matcha at https://www.sistersmatcha.com Sign up for our newsletter here: https://tigersisters.substack.com/ Graduating from school doesn’t mean graduating from learning. As we continue our Back-to-School series, we’re exploring why learning should be a lifelong pursuit, and how to intentionally keep growing, experimenting, and following your curiosity well into adulthood. Tune in for lessons on: ✅ How to build your own “adult curriculum” around what you actually want to learn ✅ Why being a beginner (and being bad at something again) is good for you ✅ The difference between learning for your career and learning purely for curiosity ✅ How adult classes, retreats, and conferences can expand the way you think ✅ Why it’s okay to quit something when it no longer serves you ✅ How we’re bringing continuous learning into our own lives Whether you want to take an art history class, learn a new skill, revisit an old hobby, or explore something completely outside your comfort zone, consider this episode your reminder (and blueprint!) for becoming a lifelong student. Timestamps: 00:00: Cold Open 01:55: You don’t need to be in school to be a student again 03:53: Learning for work vs learning for the sake of curiosity 06:08: Why learning through adulthood is good for brain health 07:38: Developing the skill of being a beginner again 10:24: Mini-exercise: build your own learning curriculum 11:23: Who, what, where, when and why (applied to learning) 12:12: Our upcoming wellness retreat (retreats for continued learning) 16:27: Why changing your environment helps you learn 18:53: Learning through classes and personal training 22:45: Cherie’s acting class journey 24:48: “Free-maxing” your education 27:14: Community college classes and student perks 29:30: Why we love conferences 31:45: What we learned at the Milken Global Conference 33:05: Being in the room when it happens (Rahm Emanuel’s debate) 36:14: Mini exercise: What would you learn just for fun? 39:24: Revisiting skills you used to be good at 42:35: How to become a lifelong student 43:15: Closing thoughts ✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨ 💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships: partnerships@tigersisters.co Why trust us? ▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs ▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor ▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you What you’ll get (and keep): ▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition ▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation) ▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers ▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors ▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach ▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth 💛 LET’S CONNECT ~ CHERIE ~ Instagram — /cherie.brooke TikTok — /cherie.brooke Substack — cherieluo.substack.com LinkedIn — /cherie-luo ~ JEAN ~ Instagram — /jeanluo_ LinkedIn — /jeanluo 👉 Hit Subscribe & tap the 🔔, then leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. It takes 10 seconds and makes a massive difference in helping new people discover Tiger Sisters. 🛍️ Items: 🍵 Sisters Matcha — http://www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else — https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b