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We teach what we need to learn most and the best way
to learn is to teach. So what do you need to learn the most and how
can you find a way to teach it?
There is a favorite quote of mine. "We teach that
which we need to learn the most." My friend, Steve Lentini lives this
quote and has always taught it in his classes with such mastery. When
I first heard Steve recite this quote, I didn't realize then how
powerful it would be in transforming my life.
Back when he owned the franchise for The Sandler
Institute, before founding The Prosperity Institute, I was in his
weekly class where sale professionals and business owners alike would
gather weekly to learn how we could more effectively grow the sales of
our businesses.
There was something very different and magical about
these classes, about the way Steve empowered the participants to learn
from one another by actually teaching each other. In a typical class,
Steve would speak about a sales training topic in his own very unique
style and at various times throughout the class, students would share
challenges they were having with prospects or clients or colleagues or
their boss or their significant others. It was always amazing what
would come up. And here is the magical part...
As soon as a student would speak up about their
challenge, other members in the class would start to "pop." When I say
pop, I mean the other students listening would light up and
immediately begin helping the person with their challenge; usually
because they had been there or had already learned that particular
lesson that the student was struggling with or not getting. Steve
would just sit back and let the magic happen. It was amazing to see
what would happen when one student would step up to help another see
where they were going wrong or to see what the real issue was.
And the amazing part about this phenomenon with
students teaching other students is that this was usually the
threshold where the teaching student crossed over from learning to
mastery. This was the point at which the teaching student really got
the message or lesson. You could always tell because, from that point
onward, that teaching student no longer struggled with the same issue.
Another way I like to describe this phenomenon is
"paying it forward." At the moment a person gets something new, I mean
really gets it, that "aha!" moment, they can't help but attract others
who are struggling with the same lesson into their life so that they
can give back what they have received and now teach it. It is a
beautiful thing to witness, this transformation where the student
becomes the teacher. Many of you know the feeling I am speaking of.
And this is where I realized that not only do we teach
that which we need to learn most, but that the best way to learn is to
teach. So what is it that you need to learn or want to learn most and
how can you begin teaching it now? There is little that increases our
mastery of a subject more than by teaching it.
Come to our Introductory Class
Wake Up, Jump Into Self Observation
Class meets one Saturday per month
Dates: July 17 and Aug 21
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $15
Location: 129 Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn, MA 01902 |
