What Are You Looking At

Have you ever thought about the education system from High School Diploma to Doctorate. The amount of learning that gets condensed into a few short years.

Here is controversy. Even with the Continuing Education Units I am required to keep up in my field to carry my credentials they pale in comparison to the amount of work and studying that went into the degree initially.

I heard something from a mentor Mr. Chris Hughes, this weekend: "We allow people to work on degrees and knowledge they gained in 1978."

The crazy thing is he is 100% correct. It is true that people work on the job with new skills gained but when did the majority of the knowledge get crammed in their heads, the first few years of work, or from mostly theory based college courses.

I was realizing the other day as my son asked me "Where my candy is?" it had fallen on my sleeve and I said: "It is right there on my sleeve". I could tell at first he didn't know what the word "sleeve" meant, but he used his own observation station (his eyes) and saw the candy. Immediately he learned something new and I could see the connection of sleeve for him.

Chris Hughes went on to say that any "6 years of intense learning can change your whole course in life for the better." The key here is intense learning in the right areas. We don't even realize we are learning and remembering on a daily basis. My question I have to constantly ask myself is What Am I learning?

Try this as an activity to make this lesson stick, ask a good question of someone you admire. Ask them what books have made the biggest impact on their life. Not only is this a great question to get a deeper understanding of the individual, but I have found is a great compliment as well.

Finally I have to ask in the sense of learning: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

Joshua Andrus
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