The following thought:
The blessing of learning a thing is also a curse. By learning to do a thing, you also forget it’s there…
posted on Rands in Repose, sums up one of the difficulties of teaching — namely, the more you understand a process (and therefore feel confident in explaining the process to other people), the more difficult it becomes to explicitly describe each of the required steps.
Rands’ post continues:
…which means as new, improved means of doing things show up, you remain blissfully ignorant.
This is a pitfall of which I think we all need to be constantly vigilant to avoid. My approach to my craft (and the tools I use) is eloquently summed up by a misrepresentation the Hindu concept of Moksha that I heard on TV once — liberation through knowledge. Moksha does not actually mean liberation through knowledge (I looked it up), but the premise really strikes a chord with me. It is essentially what pioneer spirit is all about — that constant search for quality. The drive to improve.
Moksha is the essence of this user group.
Lee.
This post is tagged Moksha, Pioneer Spirit
