Learning from Questions
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer"- Bruce Lee
I love this quote. It teaches us a great lesson.
The lesson it teaches is to be aware and open to learning. The source for the lesson could be a foolish question. I know my many students believed that there is no such thing. Let me tell you a story of the importance of a question. Even one that seemed foolish.
It was one Saturday morning and I was teaching a special session for a statistics course. I was trying to explain how to develop a risk profile for investments by dividing a 100 dollar bill into buckets. One of the students said that she just dd not know how to split it up and asked if it could be done automatically.
My initial reaction was that she was too lazy in her thought process. BUT when that instant passed I opened myself to the wisdom in her question. She helped me create a whole new way of looking at risk by looking for consistency.
Yes I learned from what I perceived a foolish question. I learned a lot.
Today's question is:
"Are you open to learning from a foolish question?"
"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer"- Bruce Lee
I love this quote. It teaches us a great lesson.
The lesson it teaches is to be aware and open to learning. The source for the lesson could be a foolish question. I know my many students believed that there is no such thing. Let me tell you a story of the importance of a question. Even one that seemed foolish.
It was one Saturday morning and I was teaching a special session for a statistics course. I was trying to explain how to develop a risk profile for investments by dividing a 100 dollar bill into buckets. One of the students said that she just dd not know how to split it up and asked if it could be done automatically.
My initial reaction was that she was too lazy in her thought process. BUT when that instant passed I opened myself to the wisdom in her question. She helped me create a whole new way of looking at risk by looking for consistency.
Yes I learned from what I perceived a foolish question. I learned a lot.
Today's question is:
"Are you open to learning from a foolish question?"
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