Why I Spend So Much Time Talking Philosophy and So Little Giving You Concrete Tasks To Do
Added 2020-04-14 04:28:03 +0000 UTC- First let me apologize for only being able to speak in cliches. My ability to express myself is just that limited. I'm sorry. And, unlike Demi Lovato, I mean it.
- Here's the thing. I want to free your mind. I want to teach you how to fish. I want to give you the bread maker, not just a slice of bread. I want to give you the idea-generator, not just the tasks.
- I want to to give you the questions, not just the answers.
- The right questions create (or allow you to create) action-feedback loops that you can use to ratchet up your own performance and results into true awesomeness, Japanese or otherwise.
- Questions like: "will this activity cause me to grow more or less accustomed to Japanese?"; "do I know more or fewer Japanese words thanks to doing what I've done?"
- Stuff like that.
- The problem is modernity itself, and modern schooling.
- Modern schooling has taught us to ignore our thoughts, ignore our senses (including "common sense" lol), ignore our feelings, ignore our preferences, ignore our entire life experiences.
- Instead, we are to believe experts. Not just believe. We are to obey them.
- Now, modernity is awesome. Science (ancient and modern) is awesome. It is a good thing to be able to ignore our natural intuition and "fly blind" (with instruments) using our accumulated human know-how.
- But it is not a good thing to ignore intuition completely, especially when we're not SCUBA diving or flying a plane.
- Listen to your heart, as Mother Willow said, and you will understand.
- How do you listen to your heart? Ask it questions. And then listen for the answer.
- How do you listen to your heart? Try stuff out. Try experiments. See if you're wrong or right. See if you're uncomfortable or comfortable. Adjust and adapt accordingly.
