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humility

The intuition of observation

November 28, 2019

In many ways, humility is the only thing you need to observe well.  Once Ego is out of the picture, you have that space now and you will very naturally use that space and energy to listen more attentively to your students’ needs.  Observation is the only skillset available to us at birth.  So, from day 1 of our existence, our brain gathers data on body language and spoken language alike to form a system of communication that grows more complex over the years.

In teaching then, 90% of the battle is removing the inhibitors: things like fear, distraction, Ego, that impede your brain’s earliest and most natural function: observation.  Once the inhibitors are gone, your observation skills will be very intuitive.  Trust your instincts and listen closely to your students.  That being said, here a few tips to help foster a pro-active learning environment.

  1. Introduce ‘Student-Driven Learning’

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Slow Listening: Humility (Part 2)

November 13, 2019

In Part 1 I defined Slow Listening as channeling all of your attention to the communication (verbal or non-verbal) from one person or group, and focusing your energy to understand the emotional or educational needs of that person, without glancing at the monkey mind.

We talked about the monkey mind as the voice that distracts you from focused listening.  The goal in the classroom should be to silence the monkey mind in order to listen to your students.  Silencing the monkey mind is no easy feat.  For a good resource on how to do this, check out THIS video with Tim Ferriss (or the transcript HERE).

Having understood that emotional comfort and desire for engagement are two prerequisites for academic improvement, it is important to develop two skills in order to improve your slow listening ability: humility (or the reduction of Ego) and observation.

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