The Robert Schuller Question: “What would you attempt to do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?”
The John Maxwell Question: “What have you learned from your failure?”
The Roadmap For Learning
Humility – The Spirit of Learning
Reality – The Foundation of Learning
Responsibility – The First Step of Learning
Improvement – The Focus of Learning
Hope – The Motivation of Learning
Teachability – The Teachability of Learning
Adversity – The Catalyst of Learning
Problems – The Opportunity for Learning
Bad Experiences – The Perspective of Learning
Change – The Price of Learning
Maturity – The Value of Learning
Improvement – The Focus of Learning
Improving yourself is the first step to improving everything else. It is the capacity to develop and improve that distinguishes leaders from followers. Improvement forces us out of our Comfort Zone – it requires a temporary surrender of security. Improvement is a daily exercise.
Teachability – The Attitude of Learning
The most important skill to acquire is learning how to learn. That skill begins with a teachable attitude.
The DNA of A Teachable Person
It all starts with a beginner’s mindset. How do you maintain a beginner’s mindset. It is a three-fold process: (1) Everyone has something to teach me (2) Everyday I have something to learn (3) Every time I learn something I benefit.
Problems Are The Opportunity For Learning
Do not wait for a problem to solve itself. Do not aggravate the problem. Communicate constantly and consistently. People respond to problems by often isolating from one another and communicating to one another.
Winning Isn’t Everything But Learning Is
Learning often decreases when winning increases. First-place is not an easy place to remain. WHY? “Been there – Done that!” The Entitlement Mindset. Playing to not loose.
There are two zones you need to be aware of:
(1) Your Strength Zone — what you do well, and
(2) Your Comfort Zone — what you feel comfortable doing.
To lessen your failure rate and be more successful you need to find the right combination of zones.
• If you’re…Outside of your Strength Zone and Outside of your
Comfort Zone = Bad and impossible to Win.
• If you’re…Outside of your Strength Zone and Inside of your
Comfort Zone = Bad and at best Average.
• If you’re…Inside of your Strength Zone and Inside of your
Comfort Zone = Good but not Great.
• If you’re…Inside of your Strength Zone and Outside of your
Comfort Zone = Great and continual Winning.
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