The One Thing All Great Learners Know

A lesson from the pope (sort of) that taught me how to understand everything better

Michael Easter
Forge
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2 min readMar 8, 2021

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I was working at Esquire magazine a little over a decade ago when I received an incredibly valuable lesson about learning and research. A senior editor gave us interns an assignment to find out how much money the pope makes. We interviewed some Catholic…

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Michael Easter
Forge
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Author of The Comfort Crisis // Professor // Writing about physical + mental health, psychology, and living better 1x week // eastermichael.com