In the business world, it pays to be nimble. Picking up new skills quickly and effectively is crucial in the future of business, but is learning itself a skill? Can we learn to learn better? Jim Kwick, 25-year veteran of studying brain function and coaching employees, thinks so. He recommends starting with the acronym F.A.S.T. Counterintuitively, the F stands for forget. For example, someone with 20 years of experience in sales might think they have a lot of knowledge, but they might have just been repeating mistakes for two decades. Forget what you think you know about a topic you'd like to get better at and approach it with a curious mindset. A is for active. Stay active in learning. Take notes, apply the concepts, and ask questions. You'll learn much faster if you aren’t passively trying to take in information. S stands for state. Information that is tied to an emotional state will be harder to forget. Gratitude will override negative mindsets. Finally, T is for teach. Approach material as if you're going to have to teach it to someone else. Explaining what you've learned to another person is a great way to test what you’ve retained and where gaps still exist.