When we move for­ward step by step.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

This post is the fourth in a series of posts about a reflec­tion on our abi­li­ty to social­ly evolve. These posts should be read in the order of their publi­ca­tion. For example, star­ting with the 6th would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

So? Have you found the com­mon thread to all types of edu­ca­tion? In my humble opi­nion, this pat­tern becomes obvious when obser­ving the edu­ca­tion of a baby and then a very young child. A baby has cer­tain ins­tinc­tive beha­viors, but the most impor­tant one, in my opi­nion, is imi­ta­tion. For a baby without struc­tu­red lan­guage, repea­ted obser­va­tion becomes their first form of edu­ca­tion. Almost uncons­cious­ly, they are able to regis­ter move­ments and impres­sions in their envi­ron­ment. The repea­ted sight of their parent gives them a sense of secu­ri­ty by com­bi­ning the conti­nui­ty of their well-being and pos­si­bly avoi­ding their dis­com­fort com­bi­ned with the pre­sence of their parent.

Fol­lo­wing this stage, the young child will dis­co­ver, with or without help, that they can, without any dan­ger, manage to stop fee­ling dis­com­fort by them­selves. As unre­mar­kable as it may seem, it repre­sents inno­va­tion in its purest form. Being able to dis­co­ver, in the most basic state of a human being, the abi­li­ty to solve a pro­blem, often without the help of anyone else. I’m get­ting chills.

The rest becomes somew­hat repe­ti­tive, but at an incre­dible rate, com­pa­red to what an ave­rage adult is able to pro­cess. First of all, for rea­sons of time allo­ca­tion, a child has only that to do. It’s silly, isn’t it? The second rea­son is that an adult’s logi­cal mind (bio­lo­gi­cal­ly spea­king) is more deve­lo­ped and adults have the annoying (and hap­py) reflex of thin­king before absor­bing. Scep­ti­cism and cog­ni­tive biases are present and they slow down our rate of absorp­tion, although an adult “pro­cesses” or “thinks of” much more infor­ma­tion than a child.

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on August 21, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny