#038: Wander Purposefully w/ Eric Travis
Jun 17, 2021•59 min
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Episode description
Fall in love (again) with learning by wandering purposefully. On today's show, Eric Travis shares how a 2,600-mile trek clarified a new way to approach learning and local/global engagement. Eric is the author of Wander Purposefully, which introduces the Absorbent Learning lifestyle and inspires readers to seek cultivate those "interior gardens" of intellect and compassion.
Show Highlights
- The brutal and beautiful aspects of hiking the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail).
- What is Absorbent Learning?
- Three types of Absorbent Learning: auditory, visual, experiential.
- How to better utilize your "white space".
- Navigating the balance between learning and reflection.
- How to function more like an estuary than a bay.
- Why speaking your Uber driver's native language builds kinship.
- How knowing every country's capital can help you meet your future husband/wife.
- Connections between Absorbent Learning and the Catholic faith.
- And what you can learn in your daily shower routine!
Links
- Wander Purposefully: A Reflection on How to Love Learning - buy and review on Amazon or Audible
- The PCT 71 - A list and review of the 71 books Eric listened to on the PCT
- We Wander Purposefully - Eric's website and overview of Absorbent Learning
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