Traditional learning goes something like this: you go to school, learn a bunch of subjects, and if you get the grades and so wish, go to university. Here you learn more subjects, some of them more specialized, and if you pass you get your degree, diploma, certificate.
You’re now “qualified” to get a job in the real world. Once you’ve got the job, you learn the work, and you do this work day in and day out, and the learning stagnates.
A more authentic, fluid way of learning evolves and develops over time. I think we all agree that things are constantly changing, moment to moment. If we stop learning then we stop growing. Our psychological development stays at the level where we stop learning and the world leaves us in her wake.
See, learning doesn’t stop at the intellectual level. Once we learn “about” something we have to put that into practice and in so doing, gain the relevant experience. Next, we need to embody the learning, actually become what we have learnt. This is mastery and it exists at every level of growth.
“In times of change, those who are prepared to learn will inherit the land, while those who think they already know will find themselves wonderfully equipped to face a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer
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