Self-Learning Is the Only Skill I've Really Needed
13 July 2026 · 6 min read
Study, practice, reflect, adjust, repeat. The same method got me through a new language, a career, and now a business.
At 18 I arrived in Brisbane from Ho Chi Minh City. New country, new language, new everything. I didn't have a plan. I had a method.
Study. Practice. Reflect. Adjust. Repeat. That's it. It's how I learned English, how I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2025, and how I'm learning to build a business now.
The method is unglamorous on purpose. Most people quit at 'reflect' because it's the step where you have to be honest about what isn't working.
Whatever you're learning right now, you already have the method. What you need is another cycle of it.