THE INNER SECRET WITHIN “LEARNING”

There’s an inner secret to learning which I came across recently that radically shifted my thinking about learning. I don’t know how you will react to this, but when I first came upon it, I found it surprising— very surprising. And a bit disorienting at first. “Surprising? Disorienting? Are you talking about learning?’”

Yes, learning. And yes, I understand that most of us in this field find learning exciting, thrilling, and inviting. We know its value and power. What are the first thoughts that come to your mind when you hear the word “learning?” Try it. Make a list as quickly as you can about the thoughts that rush into your mind when the word “learning” is mentioned: Understanding, gaining new ideas, putting ideas together to create solutions to problems, memorizing data, able to take data and process it effectively, developing as a human being, expanding capacity for things, unleashing intellectual capital, comprehending, wisdom.