Learning Revisited.

We have all been alone in our car trying to figure out what the next big step in our journey should be. What is that one thing that we can take hold off that will add to or change your life. It's daunting and frankly, has anyone ever come up with an answer?

I would like you to take that responsibility off your shoulders.

Imagine you are no longer responsible for having to know?

That you have accepted the fact that you cannot answer these questions with more of the same thinking.

It's like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders isn't it?  Suddenly, there is no reason to brood, be stressed, or feel left behind. Having to know the answer is a huge burden that limits our thinking, creates judgement and leaves us feeling inadequate.

So imagine now that you are relieved of knowing.  What's next?


Well, I would like you to consider that you start the discovery process on how you learn.  What does
learning without the lens of "knowing" look like for you?

Perhaps we need to pause there for a second to really understand what that means.  Learning without a sense of knowing means looking at a problem without bias without the infliction of history or to be blunt - without your version of truth.

What could learning without the sense of knowing, look like?

Do you remember when you were learning to drive?  You had seen it done and you had a sense of knowing what needed to be done but then you got behind the wheel and realized you knew absolutely nothing.  How exciting was it?  Do you remember that feeling in your stomach, the sense of fear and joy at the same time?  You couldn't believe you were actually doing it!  Learning without knowing..  it's such an exciting thing!

So, why as adults, do we stop learning?  And, yes, I realize, we read articles, books or go to courses. But we typically do this to either find agreement with our knowing or expand our current knowing.

I do not have a ten step process to what this should or could look like but only ask that you consider this as part of the learning.

So instead of asking yourself "what do I do next?" maybe you should ask yourself (and everybody you know) "What are you learning these days?"