Wisdom Quote # 6 - The Wisdom Garden (Volume 1)
Wisdom Quote # 6 - The Wisdom Garden (Volume 1)
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The world you and I
were trained for no longer exists, the world we are living in is for those who
have mastered the skill of learning, unlearning and relearning- Coach Tarie:
The Wisdom Garden.
In the old times when one would acquire a college degree or a
certificate in a certain course they were made to believe that they had secured
a steady life and income for a lifetime. People would get a sense of false security
with a monthly salary and a promise of a retirement package. Experience has
shown that this is not enough. Many on retirement are struggling to enjoy a
fulfilling life and many try to venture in new exploits like business and
politics which they fail dismally because they were never trained for that.
This explains the many politicians who refuse to retire while they continually
fail to deliver because they are trying to manage a false hope of security
promised by education. Security is only found in the Kingdom of God. No wonder
why Hellen Keller said, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Security does not exist in nature... Avoiding(risk) danger is no safer in the
long run than exposure.”
The truth of the matter is that we are living in a time where the
rate of change of things is way faster than the rate at which institutions that
influence and impact people are evolving. Educational institutions are evolving
in a reactionary way trying to catch up with what is happening around. People
who make it are those who have learnt the truth that “Education is a private
matter between the world of knowledge and experience, and has nothing to do
with school or college,” as Lillian Smith put it across.
The system of formal education for life has created generations of
lazy people who cannot think outside of the system and easy to manipulate. This
explains the poverty, unemployment and desperation in the world. The
ineffectiveness of governments, families, communities and individuals to cope
with the complex world is an indicator that there is a growing demand for
continuing education (lifelong learning) in order to update knowledge and
skills on a regular basis. This is because of the short “shelf life” of
knowledge especially acquired in the formal schooling systems that is designed
with a specific outcome in mind. An outcome of exploiting human capacity for
the benefit of a few.
A new kind of thinking should be informed by the above mentioned
thought that education is a private affair. Take education this way and you
will learn to seek relevant information and knowledge that will be able to give
you the desired outcomes. Effective lifelong learning should be goal oriented
and not a ritual as it has been made to be. When one does not have certain
qualifications from the formal schooling system they are disqualified to
participate in certain spheres but many without the specified qualifications
have proven everyone wrong with the levels of success they have acquired.
Lifelong learning as in the quote under discussion is mastering
the skill of learning, unlearning and relearning. The productive way of
learning which takes education as a private affair should begin with a picture
of a desired future, goal or end in mind. One should know what they want, that
is beginning with a clear picture of an end in mind. They will then need to perform
what is called ‘gap analysis’ in the business circles. This is identifying the
gap between where you are and where you would want to be then make a critical analysis
of how to bridge the gap. Then from there, one is to determine the kind of
education required to get there and identify the quickest way to get the
education as a private affair. These
kind of skills are not taught in school. One would need the skills of self-education,
critical thinking, creative thinking, research, knowledge management (in a
world where there is too much knowledge available) and other soft skills.
For these skills and learning more of mastering the skill of
learning, unlearning and relearning and managing the gap between where we are
and our elusive dreams, get the services of a Coach. COTACC has a course called
SkillFactor that addresses the skills that are not taught in school that life
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