Chapter 5
LEARNING MINDSET: The Three Innovation Principles
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Doug Hall
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Chapter Excerpt
Innovation requires a learning mindset. You can’t create a new idea without learning. When learning is a priority, you have hope, along with faith in the future. A learning mindset is engaged 24-7 in seeking out new stimuli and diversity of thinking.
Learning and its cousin, curiosity, are the fuel that enables innovators to never give up. The personal motto of Admiral Robert Peary, the first person to reach the North Pole, was a quote from the Roman philosopher Seneca: “Inveniam viam aut faciam”—Latin for “I shall find a way or make one.” Peary made a way by inventing new systems for arctic travel. He pioneered new cooking systems, relay supply systems, dog sledding systems, and management systems. He achieved his North Pole mission through a commitment to never-ending learning.