“1988 or 90, as memory serves, I wrote a couple articles for Anchor Point Magazine, emphasizing the more experienced a trainer is, the more that trainer needs to adopt the mindset of the beginner and renew their experience through becoming a novice again.

The further you travel the more jaded it’s possible to become. OR ignorant, biased or staid. Keep the beginner’s eagerness to learn. Remain an apprentice through the journey toward mastery. This keeps you fresh, humble, and open to the infinite possibilities.

Hubris prevents. When one becomes full of oneself, or thinks one knows ‘everything there is to know’, one shuts down. The less possibility there is for the trainer, or the individual, to transform. Ego prevents letting go, becoming aware and changing! It thwarts much.

You Go Where Your Thoughts Take You – Choose Good Thoughts

This is the reason for the saying, ‘Minds are like parachutes. They only work if they’re open.’ Let go of ego, your titles, props, and knowledge. Otherwise, like the joke about the moron’s parachute. ‘they’ll give you a new one, if the one your using doesn’t open.’

The point is don’t let your own knowledge become a shiny object. Don’t get too full of yourself. Let go of having to be the ‘smartest person in the room’.  Become as a little child; available, curious, with the ability to become fascinated. This helps you to remain open.

Be willing to be wrong. Be willing to not know. Be willing to experience what you think you know already, in a new way and from a fresh point of view. When jaded by your own knowledge you miss all the potential opportunity you might once have caught. Get it?

You Cannot Fill An Already Full Cup – You Must Empty It First

You get blinded by your own self and by what you think you know. When you truly realize you don’t, and can’t know everything, you can begin to learn again. Hence, the story about the Master asking the disciple to empty his tea cup so more could be poured in.

If your tea cup is already full, it won’t hold anymore. This is why the  statement, ‘the more I know, the more I realize I don’t know’ is important to embrace. This is a wonderful notion. Begin anew each day as a beginner no matter how much experience you have.

When you start from a position of emptiness you can become full again. You can enjoy more tea. Another consideration is this: if you truly ‘know’ then you transform yourself through the right actions you take. The proper fruit of knowledge is action. You know to do!

To Know And Not To Do Is To Not Know – Skill Comes Of Doing

To know and not to do is not to know. One must not deceive oneself if you want to get ahead. One needs to be open and willing to learn. One needs to master the basics. One needs to know who to listen to and who to learn from. It’s important to be discerning too.

Not everyone is a good guide. Not every student is a good student. To learn well and master the basics and transform yourself you must be teachable. That is crucial! You need to listen. Get a coach or a mentor. Learn to go beyond what you think you already know.

You can’t know it all. None of us can. Be willing to drop pretense. Be humble. Ask for help. Be as a child. Follow your mentor’s advice. Do the leg work AND this is important: Start each day new because each day begins anew. Be willing to play. Have fun and delight!

Thoughts Lead To Feelings – Lead To Actions – Lead To Results

Discover things you didn’t know. Explore and adventure! Become captivated by new notions. Re-learn old notions. Those may be very important too! Stop being jaded. Stop thinking you know everything. Develop the enthusiasm of a youngster. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

“Thanks to the Mind Design process, I have discovered that I have more indomitable strength and courage than I gave myself credit for!”  Kathy Strong, NLP Trainer and Coach, Bleadon, England

“So am grateful to have found you on my journey Rex Sikes you are doing amazing things for this world – Brian Alexander, Entrepreneur, Chicago, IL

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