We are learning when we ask the these questions.
- “What can I do to develop new skills?”
- “How can I adapt to the changing world?”
- “What can I do to apply what I’m hearing?”
- “How can I be more productive today?”
- “What can I do to be my best?”
Real learning happens when we turn knowing what to do into doing what we know.
Roadblocks to Learning
- Exception mentality: we tend to teach to others what we need to hear ourselves.
- Expectations: We usually find what we are looking for.
- Negative expectations can be self-fulfilling prophecies.
- They keep us from learning, growing, and enjoying life.
- Negative expectations can be self-fulfilling prophecies.
- Entitlement Thinking: “In the end, the responsibility for my lifelong change journey is mine alone.”
- Ask, “What can I do to invest in myself?” and “How can I acquire new knowledge to meet the challenges ahead?”
- Experience trap: The tenured teacher who refuses to embrace new ways of helping students learn.
- Exclusion: We use exclusion every day against people who are different from ourselves.
- We’re all students. We’re all teachers. There are valuable lessons to be learned everywhere we turn.
- “How can I truly listen and consider applying what this person has to say?”
Re-source: Recondition
Begin to focus each day on how you could add value to a situation.
- Redirect your emotions toward contributing rather than complaining.
- Consistently stay focused on the problem and how to make things better.
- Don’t criticizes others’ performance, but instead works hard to improve communication within the department, understanding of the situation, and personal skills.”
When you flip a switch, you unblock – or unleash – a flow of electrons.
- This flow of energy, called a current, reaches the light bulb in an instant, bringing it to life.
- Although the current lights the bulb, flipping the switch is the essential first step.
craving and resource from “Flipping the Switch” by John G. Miller