Opportunities to challenge yourself

Experiences that help people learn the most are:

• Highly visible experiences because they're more challenging.
• Experiences where there's a lot at stake.
• Experiences where you're crossing boundaries. For example, a marketing person works with someone in operations.
• Experiences that cross cultural divides, such as working with someone from a different country, race, gender, or other difference.

Experiences are only useful if you have a way of capitalizing on the learning, which involves using the six practices of a growth mindset.