Unlearning – ElPropósito2 min de lectura

The key to navigating this century

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New learning starts with recognizing what we already know. In a world that changes this fast, and with an urgent need to create better conditions for people and teams to reach their potential, where does new knowledge come from? Here’s what I’ve put into practice and what I keep discovering.

Plenty of reasons can send us looking for new and better knowledge. At the heart of that decision, though, there’s usually a deep need: to do new things, follow our passions, serve others, or the personal satisfaction of outgrowing who we used to be.

Unlearning can start with a lot of excitement alongside uncertainty, confusion and some unfamiliar emotions. Clinging to the familiar is common. So is the urge to filter information through our beliefs. Perhaps the strongest pull is back toward the comfort zone, where knowledge is already organized and, to some degree, guarantees success.

Learning something new well takes vision and a large dose of humility. That humility runs through everything and reaches our most basic fibers as human beings, because it holds the great Opportunity to make the most of what’s new, what’s never been seen before, what may have been there all along waiting to be discovered.

We need to learn to see ignorance as the root of how we behave in certain situations. That’s where awareness begins of the knowledge we still need to navigate this world.

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn" Alvin Toffler

Warm regards and all the best,

Rodrigo Baccaro

P.S. This week’s VELA:

• What I’ve been Viewing: Coaching supervision. This week I served for the first time as a supervisor in INCAE’s 12th Executive Coach Training Program, the same program I took as a student years ago. I was lucky and happy to meet a talented, one-of-a-kind group, ready to share the values of coaching and eager to make this world a better place.
• What I’ve been Listening to: Coaching sessions. Part of supervision is listening to the practice sessions students run with each other and giving feedback. In a space of deep trust, I had the good fortune to hear excellent, high-quality coaching.
• What I’ve been Reading: Estados Unidos, la historia. Still on the same book after several weeks. I’m in the lead-up to the Civil War. This week I aimed for at least a page a day, and I’m still enjoying such a good story.
• What I’ve been Learning: The biggest lesson of the week is seeing everything I managed to unlearn along the way, which is what lets me live true to my Life Purpose today.

Author: Rodrigo Baccaro

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