It must not start with the question, ‘What should someone learn?’ but with the question, ‘What kinds of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn?’ – Ivan Illich
“ People think resilience and success come from getting to ‘knowing’ as soon as possible. They’re wrong. Resilience and success come from the length of time you can tolerate being in the Learning Space. What I think is very empowering to know, is that the Learning Space [the space between ‘not knowing’ and ‘knowing’] has one feeling associated with... See more
A blog post is a search query . You write to find your tribe; you write so they will know what kind of fascinating things they should route to your inbox. If you follow common wisdom, you will cut exactly the things that will help you find these people.
I think “And what else?” is the best coaching question in the world. It does two things: It extends the period of curiosity, and it tames your advice monster.
I know that environmental influence is the most effective form of behavioral control. Accordingly, if you want radical change, radically change your environment.