Unlearn to Learn

I have been thinking for a long time to start a blog. The reason was simple - for one I wanted to put down my thoughts in a place to myself revisit and reason them out secondly I wanted to invite views on the way I am thinking.

I strongly believe learning is everywhere it is just that you need to have the attitude to unlearn. Yes the first thing needed to adapt to learning is to unlearn and the second most important is to believe that the person you are trying to learn from has something to share and give which will be useful for you. Many times we think we know much and we challenge the understanding of the people whom we are trying to learn from, the learning cannot happen this way.

One of the simplest examples I wish to share is the learning I got from my little daughter, she was four then and I got a small book shelf for her, I went to her room and started to put it on the wall. She told me that the height I was placing it was not correct but as it happens I told her I knew what I was doing. I reasoned it out by saying that it was at my shoulder height which is the way it should be, she immediately said that if this was supposed to be her shelf and she had to use it then it should be at her shoulder height and not mine...and she was right!!

This is where I felt the need to unlearn and add different perspective of looking at how we do things. May be there is a better way and a teacher close by, lets keep our eyes open...