3 Reasons Why You Should Teach What You Learn

There is no greater feeling than knowing that we can spend most of our time doing whatever we want. Absolutely any kind of information we are seeking is just a Google search, a library book or a person away. All we gotta do is put in the effort and we can pretty much learn whatever we want. Yet once we’ve learned and mastered a skill, one way to help ourselves and others is to teach what we’ve learned.

Constant Repetition Creates Tremendous Force

Everything we teach we learn over and over again! As top performers in any art or sport know, it takes tens of thousands of hours to master anything. 10,000 hours is  the magic number when it comes to the Michael Jordans and John Lennons of the world. So when you teach specific aspects of a skill you are learning to other people, you are reinforcing a certain chunk of your brain.  By helping other people, your helping strengthen your own skill-set.

Adding Value To Other People’s Lives

What better reason to sharpen our skills than to help others! Knowing that what we are learning is gonna help someone achieve their goals is always a great feeling. We each have our own unique view of doing something. When we are able to effectively share these views and methods with other people, everyone becomes a better person because of it.

Leaving A Legacy

Stephen Covey says that the deepest needs a person has is to live, love, learn and leave a legacy. The desire to be remembered is very strong in all of us. Well, what better way to be remembered than knowing that we’ve helped another person’s life be better in someway.

Like Maya Angelou said, “when you learn, teach. When you get, give.” When we share information, there is a feeling of abundance that is felt by everyone involved. Everyone’s life around us becomes better because of it.