I can't forget a big part of knowledge attainment is courage. I am beginning to learn that groundbreaking learning comes with an emotional price. Innovation and wisdom challenges people to step into unknown areas. I am finding out that this can be both scary and exhilarating at the same time.
I have a deeper appreciation for those ground breaking thinkers that had the audacity to believe that the non existent was possible. Learning and growing must eventually tread upon emotional terrain.
Our ideals, paradigms or views of the world reside at this deeper level. These constructs are the source from which behavior flows.
Change these and you change your world. When expanding ,growing and innovating I must expect and be prepared for the emotional rush. Learning is not a purely intellectual exercise.
I am interested to know:
-What experience have you had the challenged you both intellectually and emotionally?
-How did you handle it?
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Regi,
I completely agree with your assessment that change can be terrifying and exciting at the same time. I recently made the decision to make big changes in my life and pursue the things I really wanted to pursue. Some of the decision was driven by this bad economy, but I have to say that most of it came from the fact that I was no longer challenged at what I was doing personally and professionally. My life had become repetitive and thus, quite boring.
Yes, I am terrified of what the future holds, but who isn't? There is just as much risk in doing the same thing each day and not challenging ourselves to think deeper or create new ideas. Sure, learning is emotional, but we can channel our emotions on the positive side by using the exhilaration that comes from the endless possibilities to learn more and thus create more.
Change can be scary for many of us, but unwillingness to change can produce disastrous future results. Conversely, change spurs innovation and creativity, which creates an exciting future! I will keep you posted with my changes.
Hi Nathan,
I agree with the assessment that unwillingess to change can bring disaster. For myself disaster means stagnation and the disappointment that comes with lack of growth.
I am understanding though Nathan that all growth, learning and change has an emotional component. Planning for the emotion I think is the smart thing to do. I truly believe that with an emotionally challenge it's not a matter of "if" but "when".
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