Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Learning Types

Many people brag that they are "experiential learners" and learn by doing. Even schools and professional educators will commonly refer to this as a learning style. But this isn't such a good thing if we lean into it. Don't insist on learing all of life's lessons through personal experience. Instead, learn what lessons history has already taught. Those who proudly claim to be "experiential learners" are really just telling you how foolish they are - because they are leaving most of life's lessons on the table - refusing to learn what they can't personally experience.