Learning is important in life, so being able to teach someone is an important skill to build. Learn how to teach and the people around you will be amazed and you will be able to let them grow in life.
When we want to teach something to our children, to a new coworker or to our friends we tend to focus on telling them what to do. While it may work in some situation teaching someone can be done in a different way which will bring more results. For example if you are educating a new coworker you can tell them a hundred times how they should communicate with the clients in a phone call. Calling up a client and doing as you normally would will teach them a lot more. Especially after the teaching moment is over allow them to overhear your phone calls. Instead of feeling forced to listen a person willing to learn will improve by listening how you do it day-to-day.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. – Carl Jung
If you want to teach your children not to drink and drive there is only one way to get them to understand and abide by it. Don’t do it yourself. Instead of telling them what to do and what not to do just live the way you want them to learn. Children learn a lot more by watching what people around them do rather than what they are being told. Another example is if you want your children or your friends to become healthier. Start paying attention to what you eat, make sure to add more movement to your life. They will notice how much better you look and feel and will question you about what you did to achieve this. Rather then bombarding them with the information when they don’t ask for it explain them when they want to learn from you to copy your lifestyle.
Telling someone you know they should pay more attention to you will often not work. Instead of asking for it, make more time for them. Show that you care about them that you create time for doing something together. More likely than not they will appreciate it and unconsciously find more time to share with you. In many situations they can create some free time, but there are always moments where it’s impossible. Obviously if they have to work multiple jobs to keep their head above water it may not be as simple to create more time. We are all very eager to give unsolicited advice to the people around us. But if we want to have the success that comes with following this advice you better follow your own advice. After doing what you told yourself you will reap the benefit from it and the people around you will see the blueprint of success.