Newsletter 039: Thanks for a great 2025 — onto an exciting 2026!


The Learning Engine

31 December 2025

Newsletter 039: Thanks for a great 2025 — onto an exciting 2026!

Greetings and salutations — and happy New Year!

Thanks for coming along on this journey with The Learning Engine throughout 2025! There has been a lot of interesting progress and growth for The Learning Engine, so I'm thankful for the opportunity to share the ideas with you through this newsletter.

Here are a few of my best newsletters from 2025:


This upcoming year is already interesting, with some exciting partnerships that are in the works. I would love to partner with you as an individual or with your organization in any way, helping people learn how to learn and use those ideas to gain agency and gain wisdom in their own life.

Current Offers:

  • Live 1-on-1 coaching and group workshops on learning challenges, in both the short-term and over longer timeframes.
  • Short, asynchronous courses on the ideas in The Learning Engine.

Another project I’m excited about offering is Learn21: A 21-day guided experience to install a learning system that you'll use for the rest of your life. I’m at the exploration stage with this offering, so I’m looking for feedback on whether or not this would be useful.

If any of this work seems interesting to you — especially as we begin a new year! — please respond to this email or book a time for a chat.

I would love to have a chat about your learning challenges to see if there is a way we can work together!

Peace, love, and blessings for 2026!

Nathan


For a much deeper explanation on the process of learning, check out this essay: That’s How Learning Works?!?! A Comprehensive Model for Understanding the Learning Process.


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