Episode 57
Unlearn with Barry O'Reilly
March 13th, 2019
39 mins 23 secs
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Unlearn With Barry O'Reilly
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Summary
Our guest today is Barry O’Reilly, author of the book “Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results”. In it, he sets out a process for defining outcomes, identifying behaviors that might help or hinder reaching the outcomes, and then unlearning existing behaviors and relearning new ones. We talk about how that process works, how to use it yourself, how it might fail, and what Barry unlearned for himself in the process of writing the book. We’d like to hear from you. What’s something you’ve needed to unlearn to reach success? Let us know at techdoneright.io/57 or on Twitter at @tech_done_right
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Barry O’Reilly: Author of Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results. Unlearn website. Author of Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale with Jez Humble and Joanne Molesky, barryoreilly.com.
Summary
03:15 - Letting Go and Unlearning Past Behavior
07:17 - How to Achieve and Define Positive Outcomes
15:25 - Unlearning as a Continuous Cycle
20:25 - Think Big, Smart Small, and Learn Fast
26:14 - When People Don’t Succeed
29:03 - Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
31:30 - Learning to Unlearn
33:00 - Focusing on Deliberate Reflection
34:55 - Unlearning and Leadership Roles
36:56 - Getting Started with Unlearning