What LDT Means
LDT stands for Learn, Do, Teach. It is the career development triangle in the 9 Triangles framework, sitting in the WHAT tier as one of five business triangles. LDT defines how expertise is built and shared — you first Learn a skill by studying it, then Do it by executing it repeatedly until you achieve mastery, then Teach it so others can replicate your work.
The Three Phases
Learn is the intake phase — absorbing knowledge through courses, mentors, observation, and study. During this phase, you are building foundational understanding of a skill or process. Every piece of information you consume is a potential content creation opportunity.
Do is the execution phase — applying what you learned by performing the task repeatedly on real work. This is where theoretical knowledge becomes practical skill. You should execute a task many times before you can claim expertise. The more you do it, the more edge cases you discover, the more efficient you become, and the deeper your understanding grows.
Teach is the multiplication phase — documenting your process so thoroughly that others (humans or AI agents) can follow it without your direct involvement. Teaching is not just about creating courses — it is about documenting your work so agents can observe, document, and replicate it at scale. When you execute a task with excellence, agents can learn from your actions and create the documentation automatically. This is how a single expert’s knowledge gets multiplied across hundreds of tasks.
How LDT Works as a Career Path
LDT is subtitled “Career Path” because it defines how you advance professionally. As you move through Learn, Do, and Teach, you progress from beginner Specialist to experienced practitioner to mentor and leader. Each phase unlocks new responsibilities and earning potential. The Documenting Expertise program pays $500 when 3 external customers give 5 stars on a task you documented, plus an ongoing revenue share every time that task is completed by agents or other workers.
Where LDT Fits in the 9 Triangles
LDT is one of the five business triangles in the WHAT tier. It connects directly to CCS (Content, Checklist, Software) — the Learn, Do, Teach cycle creates the knowledge, and CCS packages it into scalable formats. It also connects to DDD (Do, Delegate, Delete) because the tasks you choose to Teach are the ones you eventually Delegate, freeing you to focus on higher-value work. LDT is the engine that drives the entire SBP (Specialist, Business, Partner) ecosystem — Specialists learn and do, then teach what they know to the next cohort.
Related Resources
- Learn, Do, Teach — the detailed LDT reference page
- Documenting Expertise — how to turn your expertise into documented, teachable tasks
- How to Document a Task — the meta-guide for the documentation process
- VA Career Path: 6 Levels — the career progression from Specialist to leader
- 9 Triangles Checklist — overview of the full framework