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If you want success in your life you will need to not only answer this
question, but you will need to take the necessary steps to ensure that
success.
There are two variables which determine whether a person is really
teachable or not. The first variable is based upon your
willingness to learn things you did not previously know. On a
scale of one to ten, how willing are you to learn? Most people
will score themselves initially higher than they really are, because
they do not realize teachability means we have a desire to never stop
learning, and never stop desiring to be teachable. One of the
ways to understand your true teachability is to ask yourself a series
of questions,“What are you willing to do to learn and continue to be
teachable? What are you willing to invest to continue to learn
and be teachable? How much of your time and life are you willing
to give to continue to learn and be teachable? In fact how willing are
you to really learn and be teachable?” The bottom line, for each one of
us is, what are we willing to give up in order to learn what it means
to be successful to and reach your full potential?
The second variable which determines how teachable you are is seen in
the answer to the question, “How willing are you to accept change in
your life?” If you are not happy with your life, and who you are
right now, you need to understand you have developed patterns, habits,
thoughts and attitudes that are going to need to be changed and this
require us to be willing to change. Dr. Phil has a question he asks
over and over again of people whose lives are messed up in some
way. He asks, “How is this working for you?” The reality is, if
we really want a different outcome for our life from where we currently
are, we must be willing to change to bring about the change we want and
is necessary, if we want to be successful. The second variable to being
teachable forces you to answer the questions, “Are you willing to
change, willing to change the way you feel about things, the way you
think about things and even the way you do things?” Remember your
ability to be teachable involves both the variable of your willingness
to learn and your willingness to change.
I wonder if you realize, just how important this issue of being
teachable really is to your personal growth and development? Have you
ever stopped to think about the number of times you have responded to
someone with a, “ya but”statement, especially if they have tried to
give you some helpful advice? Have you ever said things like, “but you
don’t understand” OR, “I have tried that in the past and it did not
work” OR, “I cannot do that because ...” and then you give a list of
“reasons” as to why nothing will help. The truth is, often things will
not work because you are not teachable or willing to change. Before you
can change us you must be prepared to move outside of your comfort box,
because only to the extent you are willing to do that will you be open
to change and be teachable.
Your success is very much dependant upon your willingness to be
teachable, so let me as you, “How teachable are you, really?
For more information on this ans other materials on success go to: http://www.globalinfonetwork.ca
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