Effort Counts Twice: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

**Note:**In this post, we’re talking about people, not dogs.

Someone, at some point, coined the phrase “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

Fuck that.

If you believe that is true, I have three assignments for you:

1. Forget that shit.
2. Googleneuroplasticityand read about how it works, and how humans can continue learning new things well into their twilight years. Maybe starthere.
3. Read the article*Effort counts twice: Angela Duckworth’s ‘Grit’*by Clare Grist Taylorhere.