In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Tom Vanderbilt, the author of “Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning”. Tom Vanderbilt is a bestselling author who writes on design, technology, science, and culture, among other subjects, for many publications, including Wired, Outside, The Lo

Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times bestselling author of Traffic, is known for writing about the mundane to the obscure, shedding light on surprising patterns of human behavior. Through his extensive research + first-hand experience, Tom shares the remarkable benefits of pursuing new skills and hobbies, the pressure-free a

When learning how to walk, infants fail up to 70 times an hour yet, they still keep trying. So why can we as adults be so afraid to fail when trying something new? As we get older and deeper into adulthood, we sometimes forget what it feels like to begin again. Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable need to know h

THE BENEFITS OF BEING A BEGINNER - On this week's Futureproof podcast with Jonathan McCrea, he talks to Tom Vanderbilt - Author of 'Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning' about the joy of learning something new as an adult.  Also on the show Jonathan was joined by Professor Shane Bergin and D

This week, bestselling author Tom Vanderbilt joins me to talk about his 5th book, the recently released, Beginners:The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning. In this book Tom writes about his experience  learning a handful of new activities from scratch while in his late 40’s. These new adventures include l