#IMMOOC Dive Under the Iceberg
Sylvia Duckworth's visual representation of success is so revealing. It struck a nerve. I have to be visible not only in my success, but in the process along the way. Process over product, or at least with it. But its a two-way system. I need to share my whole iceberg and look at other's when learning from them.
Often we look at people doing amazing things and think, "Wow! They make it look so easy!" I don't know about you, but EASY is a 4 letter word in my classroom. I discourage students to use it because it is undermining for some and unrepresentative for others. So why do I use it?
The challenge is to follow up those thoughts with "How did she/he get there? What did it look like along the way?"
We need to ask those questions when we are learning, and give those answers when we are sharing. Its a true representation that will add fuel to the Crowd Accelerated Innovation. When we can learn from each other's success AND mistakes, we propel ourselves to the better iteration sooner.
Nothing starts easy for anyone.
The challenge is to follow up those thoughts with "How did she/he get there? What did it look like along the way?"
We need to ask those questions when we are learning, and give those answers when we are sharing. Its a true representation that will add fuel to the Crowd Accelerated Innovation. When we can learn from each other's success AND mistakes, we propel ourselves to the better iteration sooner.
I love this, "The challenge is to follow up those thoughts with 'How did she/he get there? What did it look like along the way?'!" While things may look easy from where we are standing, it's not until we find out how long it took for it to be easy for the other person, what they had to do to get there, that we will understand that easy is only a perspective.
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