You have the natural ability to acquire challenging skills quickly and easily without much assistance.

You are continuously driven to expand your own skill set and helping others expand theirs. You look for new stuff to learn, and you love working out for yourself how to do something. You bring an ability to show anyone and everyone how to do something.

You create an ability for people to be able to grow in what they can do. You take knowledge and make it practical and accessible to anyone. In so doing you enable people's talents to grow into strengths.

To learn about models that have worked and then test them for myself;

to acquire new skills for myself that others would normally find challenging;

to read lots of books (sometimes together) but dip in and out of them;

to study;

to share with others how to do things I have learnt.

Are experts in an area of interest;

have a growth mindset and are life-long learners;

are open to new ways of doing things;

can teach me new things and are generous with what they know.

Resting on what I know or can do;

doing the same thing for the rest of my life;

doing things according to the instructions;

finishing what I start reading.

I am not intellectually challenged by what I am doing;

have to keep working on something in which I have already acquired the skills (cracked the code);

Have no future growth opportunities.

A 'jack of all trades'.

not 'sticking' with a job or career.

I love projects;

Give me roles where new information needs to be applied within the business. I will be able to work out what needs to be known and how it will impact what we need to do.

Once I have 'cracked the code' I get bored easily, so make sure the next project is lined up;

Let me mentor others who are less experienced than I am;

Allow me to regularly attend conferences and events where I can see what is on the horizon.

You want to continuously learn and improve.

You enjoy the process of learning as much as what you actually learn — perhaps even more.

You get a thrill out of learning new facts, beginning a new subject, and mastering an important skill. Learning builds your confidence.

You can get frustrated about wanting to learn so many different things because you fear you’ll never be an expert.

Continue to grow through learning. Refine how you learn. If you learn best by teaching, seek out opportunities to instruct others. If you learn best through reflection, carve out this quiet time.

Designate yourself as an early adopter for new technology, such as a new point-of-sale or back-office system. You will learn quickly and be able to share important advances with your colleagues and peers, and so fast track their learning and adoption.

Honour your desire to learn. If you can't fulfill this need at work, take advantage of adult educational opportunities in your community or online. Discipline yourself to sign up for at least one new academic or adult learning course each year.

Be a catalyst for change. Others might be intimidated by new rules, new skills, or new circumstances. Your willingness to soak up this 'newness' can calm their fears and spur them to engage. Take this responsibility seriously.

You get bored easily. Once you have 'cracked the code' you want to move on to something more interesting. Furthermore, because you have taken the time to really understand something, you may well feel now that you must do it, because you know how. Be careful. Understanding and doing are very different things. Only DO what feeds you every day.

Watch out for: Becoming a 'jack of all trades and a master of none'.

What role do you think Learners should play in society?