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Monday, February 13, 2017

TITLE : CULTIVATE A TEACHABLE SPIRIT 7

Proverbs 26:12 :
"Do you see a man who is wise (not teachable) in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him." emphasis added mine

What I have learned in my pursuit of achieving any goal in life is that you have to prove yourself to others by being coachable, teachable and trainable. While continuous learning is a basic necessity to professional improvement, being coachable, teachable and trainable requires subtle but different kinds of learning abilities from you.

Are you teachable? Someone who is teachable is approachable, attentive, receptive, curious, and
shapeable. It means you listen with the intent to learn rather than to show what you know.

Traits of a Teachable Person

#3 Teachable People Have an Attitude Conducive to Learning.

People with a teachable spirit approach each day as an opportunity for another learning experience. Their hearts are open. Their minds are alert for something new. Their attitudes are expectant. They understand that success has less to do with possessing natural talent and more to do with choosing to learn. Teachable leaders never stop learning.

#4 Teachable People Possess a Beginner mind-set or attitude.

To have a beginner mindset means to think you don't know because beginners are ignorant. When people are actually beginners, they find it easy to have a beginner’s mind-set. And yet, the more success you have, the harder it is to maintain a beginner mindset because you are much more likely to think you know it all and have less to learn. Regardless, it is important to maintain a beginners mindset because your thinking preferences limit the way you think. Try to maintain a beginner’s mind-set by keeping the following three things in mind:
1. Everyone has something to teach me.
2. Every day I have something to learn.
3. Every time I learn something, I benefit.
4. Every thing can teach me something.

#5 Teachable People Learn Something New Every Day.

Success can be found in one's daily agenda. People grow and improve, not by huge leaps and bounds, but by small, incremental changes. Teachable people try to leverage this truth by learning something new every day. A single day is enough to make us a little larger or a little smaller. Several single days strung together will make us a lot larger or a lot smaller. If we do that every day, day upon day, there is great power for change.

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