Template
Build your personal learning curriculum
A practical template for turning a capability goal into focused learning, deliberate practice and evidence over the next 90 days.
A useful personal curriculum starts with what you want to become capable of doing—not with a long list of courses to complete.
1. Define the capability
| Prompt | Your answer |
|---|
| What do I want to be able to do? | Describe an observable action or result. |
| Why does it matter now? | Connect it to a real opportunity, responsibility or problem. |
| Who benefits when I improve? | Name the people, team, customers or community affected. |
| What would credible evidence look like? | Identify work, feedback or results that would demonstrate capability. |
2. Map what the capability requires
| Knowledge | Skills | Judgement | Evidence |
|---|
| What must I understand? | What must I practise repeatedly? | What choices and trade-offs must I learn to make? | What can I create, improve or explain? |
3. Choose a focused learning mix
- Learn: select a small number of reliable books, courses, conversations or examples.
- Practise: define exercises that require you to use the capability, not merely recognise it.
- Apply: choose a real project where the learning can create a useful result.
- Explain: teach, document or present what you did and why.
- Review: arrange feedback from someone who can assess the work honestly.
4. Plan the next 90 days
| Period | Focus | Practical output | Evidence and review |
|---|
| Days 1–30 | Build foundations and establish a practice rhythm. | A first small exercise or diagnostic project. | Baseline feedback and identified gaps. |
| Days 31–60 | Apply the capability to a more realistic problem. | A working draft, prototype, analysis or demonstration. | Peer or practitioner feedback and a revision log. |
| Days 61–90 | Complete, explain and evaluate the work. | A finished portfolio example or measurable improvement. | Outcome review, lessons and the next capability decision. |
5. Set a weekly rhythm
| Activity | When | Time | Proof completed |
|---|
| Learn | Day and time | Minutes or hours | Notes, questions or concept map |
| Practise | Day and time | Minutes or hours | Exercise, attempt or revision |
| Apply | Day and time | Minutes or hours | Visible project progress |
| Review | End of week | 15–30 minutes | What changed, what remains difficult and what comes next |