"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." - Muhammed Ali
Second out of fourteen EDP entrepreneurship dimension is: Preference for little structure
Last night I got a call from a friend. He was asked to teach a course completely outside of his specialty. My friend was not sure whether to teach it or not.
In my career I have instructed many courses including the course he was asked to teach. And guess what, it was also outside of my area of specialty. But my reaction was very different.
I always figured that not knowing the subject provided a great opportunity to stretch myself. I would guess that majority of the courses I have instructed in my career I never took while in school.
This lack of background, and structure on which to build on, caused me to focus and work harder to figure out how to best teach and apply the material. I always believed in myself that I would figure it out. All I needed was a little head start ahead of the students.
Today's question is:
"Do you seek out situations where you know very little or the structure is not well defined?
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