SKILL BUILDING 346. Be a Shadow Shadow a peer, manager, direct report, or customer for an hour or a day. Write down what you learn. 347. Be a Teacher 1 Teach someone else a skill that you would like to be an expert in. Ask them what they’ve learned from you. 348. Listen Up Listen to a podcast or audiobook talking about a skill you use everyday.2 349. Excerpt an Expert Read a page from Getting Things Done or another productivity book, even if you’ve read it before. 1 Studies show that when you teach someone else, you work harder to understand the material, recall it more accurately, and apply it more effectively. See The Protégé Effect. 2 Check out htww.co/podcasts for some recommendations. 179