Learning something isn't the same as accepting it, necessarily. We don’t have to commit to agreeing with something before, or even as, we learn it. And often we can't evaluate some new piece of …
The value of validation
Of course, it’s good to make up our own mind about whether something we’re doing is right or not. Nevertheless, a bit of external validation is still very welcome. We can seek it out ourselves, for …
Do you fight your influences?
That might seem a strange question, but think about it: Do you resist the learning which comes from your influences? Actually, I think, most of us do. Because influence means change, and change …
Changing what you know
... as opposed to what you know about. It’s one thing to know about something, quite another to know a subject and be able to deploy it in life. Unless you can do (or be) something, you don't know …
So where are they in their learning?
It’s a funny thing... Socially, it seems to be expected that we behave as if everyone knows what they need to know; that they are not learning anything further; that they are complete. And …
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Your innovation – A small step or a big leap?
Occasionally you learn something truly new and advance the field in some way. It feels like a tiny step to you—one you hardly think worthy of the name. And yet... For the rest of us, getting to that …
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