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My mentor tells the story of how he went to enrol into a piano class.
You are first given a form to fill where you are asked several questions,
But one question stands out.
And it is this:
"Do you know how to play the keyboard?
If yes, where did you learn and for how long?"
You are first given a form to fill where you are asked several questions,
But one question stands out.
And it is this:
"Do you know how to play the keyboard?
If yes, where did you learn and for how long?"
Straight forward and simple question, but there is a logic behind it.
If you answer 'No' that you don't know how to play and have never played, the cost of learning is $500.
But if you answer yes, you don't pay $500 to learn.
You pay $1,500!
If you answer 'No' that you don't know how to play and have never played, the cost of learning is $500.
But if you answer yes, you don't pay $500 to learn.
You pay $1,500!
Alarmed and confused, he asked them why someone who already knew how to play was supposed to pay three times what the person who doesn't know how to play will pay.
And the answer he got was also shocking but eye opening.
'For someone who doesn't know anything about playing the
And the answer he got was also shocking but eye opening.
'For someone who doesn't know anything about playing the
piano, it is easier to teach them and they will easily accept the lessons.
But for someone who already plays, his mind is already set on what he knows, and most times his foundations are faulty.
So it takes a lot more effort to, first, help him unlearn all he has learnt,
But for someone who already plays, his mind is already set on what he knows, and most times his foundations are faulty.
So it takes a lot more effort to, first, help him unlearn all he has learnt,
get him to become teachable again, before we can begin to teach him right."
This lesson plays out in our lives.
Some of us struggle to learn because we already have beliefs that are hard set in our minds.
Things we have been taught and have accepted as truth even if wrong.
This lesson plays out in our lives.
Some of us struggle to learn because we already have beliefs that are hard set in our minds.
Things we have been taught and have accepted as truth even if wrong.
That us why, the first step yo learning is unlearning.
We must approach the subject as babies.
If we don't, we won't learn.
We will instead read our own meanings into what we study.
We are all products of our interpretations.
Our results come from our interpretations.
We must approach the subject as babies.
If we don't, we won't learn.
We will instead read our own meanings into what we study.
We are all products of our interpretations.
Our results come from our interpretations.
Until we become teachable, we will never learn real truths.
And if we don't learn real truths, we will work hard, but not achieve the results we so desire.
The greatest people in the world are constant learners.
They don't assume they know it all or they have arrived.
And if we don't learn real truths, we will work hard, but not achieve the results we so desire.
The greatest people in the world are constant learners.
They don't assume they know it all or they have arrived.
They keep learning.
And they do so without biases.
It isn't easy. It takes practice and discipline.
Education is not taking in facts or information.
Education is the careful investigation and analysis of the information we take in.
And they do so without biases.
It isn't easy. It takes practice and discipline.
Education is not taking in facts or information.
Education is the careful investigation and analysis of the information we take in.
Do not be like the people who don't question things.
God did not give you and I a brain for decorative purposes.
He gave them to use to use in thinking.
Unlearn, then learn.
Again, we are not products of our efforts.
We are products of our interpretations.
God did not give you and I a brain for decorative purposes.
He gave them to use to use in thinking.
Unlearn, then learn.
Again, we are not products of our efforts.
We are products of our interpretations.
