More importantly, I was learning about the PC and software industry and building a client base.
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"I thought we were just playing and didn't think I was learning ninjutsu, " he says.
It took me a long time to build confidence but I was learning who I really was.
Before my grandfather passed away, I often remember him asking how school was going, what I was learning, and how I would apply it to my life.
It was an exciting time on many fronts, and I found myself having to put energy and focus on my business which was gaining momentum at the same exact time I was learning how to care for the most important thing in my life.
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You see I had become a child advocate and I was learning more an more about the issues in child care and I realized that we could operate quality child care centers and provide services to children age 6 weeks through preschool sustainably and I knew I had to stand up and do this for working moms.
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So when KISS was being formed I read everything about the music business because at the same time I was learned how to play chords and play songs and play bass in a band, I was also learning the business, the structure, how it works and how things get done.
Two years ago, I was sidelined by learning I had cervical cancer.
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Specifically I was interested in learning what these experts were saying about the battle between Nokia, Samsung and the iPhone.
Even more importantly, it was the first time that I really understood that the process of learning was more meaningful than the grade that I necessarily got (or in this case didn't get) at the end.
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And I also thought measurement was beyond my learning capability because I almost flunked math in school.
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"I was not surprised after learning a little about CTE that he had it, " Seau's 23-year-old son Tyler said.
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My choices to study English Literature and Humanities at Valparaiso University, and then at their UK exchange programme in Cambridge, England, meant that I was more interested in learning and thinking than finding a job.
And I was able to discuss learning with TED curator Chris Anderson, who has described how the Internet is encouraging people around the world to develop skills, such as the ability to learn to play musical instruments, that might have previously been out of reach.
At every new role I took on, there was a learning curve, but in general, the skills I developed at the Agency translated easily into the private sector.
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It wasn't until I was 11 years old that I recall even learning what a U.S. senator was, or it registering, at least.
Part of it, as I may have stated previously, is that there's a learning curve involved, and I was only there for one night.
It was just very difficult getting into the swing of things, it was the first season in four or five years that I hadn't run a personal best, but it was a bit of a learning curve I guess.
In my second post, I described learning that my father was gay in a nanosecond at Christmas.
"I realized I was wasting my time and not learning about how to be an entrepreneur, " he says.
The point is: each day I was, and still am, learning to become comfortable with asking for what I want.
In an article I wrote just after the iPhone 5 was released, I commented on how Apple seems to be learning from luxury watches.
Like all good entrepreneurs, I was failing miserably and, hopefully, learning from it.
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And unlike Windows 8, there was practically no learning curve when I installed it over Windows Vista.
To me, winning was more important than learning, because I never thought to find out where the track took me.
And I was very curious about what the Syrian kids are learning.
When I asked the DWP what sort of rent collection figures the pilots had identified I was told the projects were "not about arrears but learning lessons".
Whilst the academic aspect was reasonably challenging, I must say the cliche of learning as much from my peers as the professors turned out to be spot on.
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With lawsuits flying around and other shenanigans taking place (one lawsuit seeks to close down two schools that it said were full-time virtual schools, when they are in fact blended-learning schools, for example), I was pleased to have the opportunity about a month ago to travel to the Garden State to testify in a hearing before the Joint Committee on Public Schools about online learning.
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