E is for Eskwelabs - This January 2023, we hope you find your niche and excel in it 🌳
Happy new year of learning, Eskweloves! We’re back from the holidays and we’re excited to kick off another year of education with you. 🏃
We created this newsletter to keep our alums, partners, and anyone interested in learning skills for the future of work updated and connected to our ever-growing family. If you want to read our previous issues, you can check them out here.
Our theme for January 2023 is finding your niche and excelling in it. 👏 We begin the year with fresh minds and wide eyes, ready for another year of learning. What better way to kick off this journey than finding our niche? 🤓 In ecology, a niche refers to the specific role or position that a species occupies within an ecosystem, including its relationships with other species and its access to resources. 🌿 Similarly, a learning niche can be thought of as the specific role that an individual occupies within a particular expertise—their knowledge, skills, as well as the opportunities and challenges they face. 🏅 Just as an ecological niche can shape the survival and success of a species, a learning niche can shape the development of a learner as they pursue their goals. Like an ecosystem, a learning environment is dynamic and constantly evolving therefore we, as learners, must adapt in order to thrive. 🧠 By finding and cultivating a learning niche, we can focus our efforts and leverage our passions to achieve impactful feats in this journey. 🌄
We want you to thrive this 2023. 💖 Our first set of newsletters for the year revolves around exploration and discovery within yourself so you know WHAT to learn this year and HOW to learn them.
Some questions we’ll answer through the month via our social media posts, blog posts and in this E for Eskwelabs newsletter:
What does success look like in the role that I am in now? 🤔
How can I maximise my resources to do my tasks more efficiently? 📚
What does it mean to be a learner this 2023? ⌚
What does it mean to be a data analyst and data scientist this 2023? 🎒
What can I expect from Eskwelabs this 2023? 🌱
🎶 Song of the month 🎶
Englishman in New York by Sting
I don't drink coffee, I take tea, my dear
I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York
Be yourself no matter what they say (oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien)
Be yourself no matter what they say (I'm an Englishman in New York)
We hope this “theme reveal” email excites you for the rest of the month. See you later this month for Issue 67 and Issue 68!
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Thank you for reading! ❤️
💌 Learning with you,
Meg Ruiz
Junior Content Designer at Eskwelabs