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Self-knowledge is the root of all great storytelling. A storyteller creates all characters from the self by asking the question, “If I were this character in these circumstances, what would I do?” The more you understand your own humanity, the more you can appreciate the humanity of others in all their good-versus-evil struggles. I would argue that the great leaders Jim Collins describes are people with enormous self-knowledge. They have self-insight and self-respect balanced by skepticism. Great storytellers—and, I suspect, great leaders—are skeptics who understand their own masks as well as the masks of life, and this understanding makes them humble. They see the humanity in others and deal with them in a compassionate yet realistic way. That duality makes for a wonderful leader.
Storytelling That Moves People
hbr.org
At the same time, we should push learners to reach outside their comfort zone. For certain types of problems, planning has advantages over tinkering; for other types of problems, tinkering has advantages. Exploring patterns is particularly helpful in some situations; telling stories is particularly helpful in other situations. Even if an individual learner is more comfortable with one style over another, it’s useful to experiment with other styles and approaches. Ideally, all children should have the opportunity to engage with the world in a style that’s most natural and comfortable for them—but also have experience with other styles, so that they can shift strategies as the situation warrants.
Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick, Ken Robinson
can be seen in this figure, which shows two separate hammer strikes, the experienced blacksmith hit the same spot on the chisel but not by repeating the same movement every time. Bernstein coined this surprising result “repetition without repetition”. We repeat an action outcome but not by repeating the movement that produced it.
How We Learn to Move a Revolution in the Way We Coach Practice Sports Skills
Rob Gray
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