{"id":565,"date":"2007-10-17T13:27:36","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T05:27:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-04T11:20:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T03:20:34","slug":"learning-the-need-to-relentlessly-acquire-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefazz.com\/blog\/565\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning: the need to relentlessly acquire knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

i had a long talk with my kids today.<\/p>\n

much of this was with the intent of creating an understanding why the relentless acquisition of knowledge is so important. ie learning & studying. i found that constant berating of the kids to study hard was not working well. time to change plans.<\/p>\n

after thinking a bit on the subject, it all comes back to creating leadership behaviours in people. studying hard is not a natural behaviour that kids of the playstation generation would do in their default mode.<\/p>\n

i needed to create a purpose for them. kids are leaders in the making. but they need a vision.<\/p>\n

the most important is to constantly talk about their dreams, ambitions, desires etc. they could relate to this a bit better than the need to study. in some cases, i needed to work a bit more on the subject as some of the dreams needed to be clearer, and strengthened in order to be a compelling reason to acquire knowledge & experience.<\/p>\n

i would often use a lot of probing “why” questions to understand what and why they have these dreams, ambitions and aspirations. but this is where it gets difficult, because not many people understand “why” they do things.<\/p>\n

you’d be surprised that this lack of understanding “why” also exists in adults well into their working careers. so it is not just kids.<\/p>\n

i look to society as a whole to find my answers why people in general do not understand the “what & why” questions. i conclude that we are not trained that way.<\/p>\n

look all around us:<\/p>\n