Robert Ammerman left his wife and daughter in the car at a rest stop so he could go to the bathroom. But when he got out, he found his vehicle surrounded by a biker gang.

Why were they there?

Would they harass him and his family?

Robert approached his car, not knowing what to expect. When he walked up to the bikers, they complimented him on his car (it was new) and chatted for a bit. They noticed his child was sleeping in the back seat and didn’t want to wake her. So when it was time to go, they walked their motorcycles away.

They were quite considerate.

When this story began, I’m sure you were expecting something quite different from these burly bikers. Our judgments of others can often be far off the mark. Similarly, our expectations of what it takes to develop our skills and abilities can also be misplaced.

What we think will take a gargantuan effort often requires an inch at a time, done consistently. When we apply this inch-at-a-time process to developing skills, we call it the daily learning model.

What exactly is the daily learning model?

It involves working on a skill on a consistent, daily schedule. And consistency is key. You aren’t using the daily learning model if you only do something once or twice a week.

(Incidentally, we use this model in our courses but practice five days a week. That way, we have weekends off. So we could call it the weekday learning model, but we coined the term daily learning model, which sounds nicer.)

Why does the daily learning model grow confidence?

It grows skill, which increases your confidence that you can deploy the skill when needed.

It builds neural connections. The more you practice a skill, the more you build the brain architecture needed to support that skill.

It increases fluency, the ease with which you do the skill. As it gets easier, you naturally become more fluid and flexible in what you do.

How do you implement the daily learning model?

You follow three steps:

First, you first break a skill down into small increments.

Second, you then practice one small increment for several days before moving to another small increment.

Third, you reflect daily on your progress so you can notice your skills improve with time.

We converted the LMT1 course from weekly work to five-days-a-week exercises in 2019

The time it took to run the program increased considerably, and we had various challenges to overcome to make it as effective as possible. But just one year later, in 2020, we were already better at running the course, and our students were light years ahead of any previous class.

When we asked them if learning in tiny, daily increments helped them, here’s what they told us.

It made the course manageable along the other thousand things I was trying to manage at the same time. Even if some days I fell a little behind I was able to catch up and never felt like I had completely lost track of the program.

-Alejandro Imbach

The tiny increments were very helpful. It kept me from getting overwhelmed and procrastinating. It allowed me to learn and take action, get feedback and then make improvements.

-Adrian

Good bite-size information that wasn’t too much to digest even when posting everyday.

-Marie

That [daily exercises] is extremely important, it makes learning easier and the understanding better. Otherwise I would probably deter at the enormous task of learning this process.

-Annabel

Converting the program to daily learning made the students better. They started by learning little skills like how to notice when a belief is present or not, how to ask leading questions to find the source of a belief, and then four ways to create alternative interpretations. They got good at each skill before moving on to the next skill.

But we also became better teachers.

We noticed whether what we taught worked every single day. If something didn’t work, it was pretty evident when we reviewed the first assignments early that morning. Within an hour, we’d already improved the instructions so others would not make the same mistakes. They improved from daily practice, and we improved our teaching as well. It became a virtuous cycle.

But who has the time for the daily learning model?

The daily learning model does take time. In LMT1: Core Belief Coaching, students spend up to an hour a day on the work. However, their learning is greatly accelerated. By the end of the course, every student can eliminate the belief of a person who has never heard of the Lefkoe Method in 30 minutes.

Here’s what Sabina said after completing the course.

I feel super empowered. I feel pretty confident about removing my own and other peoples beliefs – and I can feel some great changes already as I have been removing my beliefs during the course.

But what if your own beliefs get in the way of your learning? Here’s more of what Sabina shared.

My toughest moment was when I had to work with buddies to eliminate their beliefs, because I was not sure if I could make the process work, which at the time made me nervous. I eliminated a few beliefs about myself not being good enough and it helped.

We’ve taught many therapists and coaches how to eliminate beliefs with their clients, but Sabina had never coached anyone before. She now makes her living as a belief coach, and her first step was taking LMT1: Core Belief Coaching.

Not everyone who takes LMT1 does so with the intent of using it professionally. Many people take it for their own personal growth as they use the process on themselves throughout the course.  If your goal is personal improvement, you are not alone.

Have any questions? Please send us a note at training@lefkoeinstitute.com

We hope to see you in LMT1 this year.