Beth n Rod

Originally Posted by Beth n Rod

Anyone see the example of a martial artist who considers training someone? He points to a glass filled with soda. Then says "this is your glass, it is filled with the impurities of what you have learned", then points to a glass of water, clean and clear and says "this is my glass, it is filled with the purest form of what I know".

Then he pours his glass into the soda filled one and a mess is created. His response is that it is impossible to teach him anything until his student rids himself of what he "knows" and allows himself to be filled with the purest knowledge.

The other example from martial arts is that training never really ends, it becomes a matter of honing ones skills to keep them sharp, effective and efficient.

I have had my share of employees that had potential and those who did not. I hold myself accountable for that cause ultimately I was responsible for their success or failure as an employee determined by my ability to train them.

I wasn't always good at it and like doing the job, I found that training is a skill in itself. Patience is the biggest key along with understanding that everyone learns differently and while some will excel in some or all areas, others will not according to their self discipline.

Another difficulty I had was to break old habits gained through other jobs and experiences and prevent other bad habits from forming.

I found that supervising is not just watching, it is interacting and like driving a car, you must turn the wheel to keep it on the road otherwise it will become uncontrolled and have an accident.

Rod!~