Why I'm learning in public

I used to love learning. For most of my life it was the main thing I did: school, then university, then medicine, where the learning never really stops.

Then I moved into working life, and the learning changed shape. There was less of the classic kind (reading, studying, sitting with an idea until it made sense) and a lot more learning by doing. Building companies teaches you plenty, but most of it arrives fast, under pressure and in the middle of a problem.

That’s been valuable. But over time I realised I missed the other kind. The kind where you pick something up because it’s interesting, read it properly and come away knowing something you didn’t before.

This is for that.

How it works

Most days I’ll take one thing I’ve read or listened to (an article, a podcast, a newsletter) and write up what I learned from it. I’ll credit the author, link the original and check the key claims before I write them down.

Alongside those, I’ll share lessons from my own building: the mistakes, the awkward conversations and the things I wish I’d known earlier.

Why do it in public?

It’s about building two muscles. The first is the daily habit of learning something on purpose. The second is writing, because putting an idea into words is the quickest way to find out whether you actually understand it.

Doing it publicly keeps me honest. It’s much harder to skip a day when the last post has a date on it.

So here’s to a lifetime of learning. Starting today.