Teachability

Teachability is not so much about competence and

 mental capacity as it’s about attitude. It’s a

desire to listen, learn and apply

…John C. Maxwell

Realizing that you need to learn or know something is primarily the first step to learning or knowing it. If you don’t know that you don’t know! We have a problem. 

Being ignorant of your ignorance makes it very hard to subject yourself to learning, that’s why I want you to tackle it first before reading any further.

We live in a world where learning what you need to learn is fundamental to accomplishing anything in life. People who are not ready to subject themselves to the learning process in a matter of years, months or even days become irrelevant in their fields.

Never before has science, technology, arts, sports, music etc changed so rapidly in the history of mankind. 

As a matter of fact, whatever works right now is already obsolete. Thus, to remain relevant mentally, physically, emotionally, financially and even spiritually, you have to remain teachable! 

You have to continuously tell yourself, ‘I don’t know enough!’, ‘I need more!’, ‘What have learnt today?’ 

What used to work before no longer works again! That’s why the most successful people today in any area, are those who are constantly seeking ways to get better! 

They attend every seminar, workshop, lecture relating to their field to get the latest information. They read every book, article and report in their field. In short they deliberately look for ways of improving themselves. 

They don’t just limit themselves to assumptions or ‘trial-and-error’ techniques; they look for more in books, colleagues, mentors, seniors etc. That’s a major separator between those at the top and those at the bottom.

Teachability shows on how you respond to learning opportunities. Do you look forward to learning? Are you constantly looking for ways to get better? How do you react to people who know more than you? These are some questions that should tell whether you are teachable or not. 

Personally, I define Teachability as the capacity to want to learn or desire to learn, because truthfully, no matter what anyone says, regardless of the approach or methodology of delivery, if you DON’T want to learn, you WON’T learn.  

I strongly believe your case is different because you are currently reading this. It tells me: 
1. You want to get better at what you do; 
2. You know you are not where you want to be yet and 3. You are ready to learn what you need to learn to get there. 

So I dare you to follow through with this mission and I guarantee you will never remain the same again.          

KEYPOINTS:

• Realize that you don’t know enough and you probably never will.
• Learning what you need to learn is paramount to remaining relevant.
• The desire to learn makes you teachable.

ACTION STEP:

• Welcome every opportunity to learn.

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