We all have our preferences.  Part of living life well is knowing our own and finding ways to fulfill them.

Within a given preference, there will often be a question of balance.  We may prefer one way of living mostly, yet still enjoy or even need to experience the opposite from time to time. 

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A Question of Balance

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A few days ago, I described the four stages of learning.  In that post, I used a child learning to tie their shoelaces as an example of the process.

Since I wrote that, it’s occurred to me that there’s another point to be made using that example. It’s at least as important as the knowledge of the four stages.  Realizing this will both speed your progress and increase your joy as you achieve unconscious competence.

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Be Easy With Yourself About Learning

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Whenever you learn a new skill, you go through four stages of learning.  It’s as true with the life skills I discuss as it is with any other.  Keeping these stages in mind will help you avoid frustration as you progress along the path.

The four stages are:

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The Four Stages of Learning

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We all need help sometimes to understand or communicate complex ideas.  There are lots of tools we can use to do that, and metaphors are among the most powerful.  A metaphor indirectly compares one thing to another, implying that they share similar characteristics.  To the extent the comparison is valid, it can help us understand the newly introduced concept.

Metaphors also affect our way of looking at a situation – once we define a comparison, we tend to think in those terms.  This can either serve us or hurt us.

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Metaphors For Personal Power

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