Daily Inspiration #41
Benjamin Franklin
Involve me

Benjamin Franklin FRS, FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution.

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Most of us know who this is.

He had something great to share about learning.

“Tell me and I forget,
teach me and I may remember,
involve me and I learn."

We can learn a lot from reading and listening to other people.

We learn best though from doing.

I can't tell you how many times I've thought I understood how to do something from reading about how to do it.

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Only to find out when I actually did it that I had misunderstood part of it.

It's also pretty obvious that we will learn best when immersed in something.

Why is that though?

What I've come to understand is that when you talk about something, read it or do it different parts of your brain are being activated.

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When we do something, since we are there seeing, touching, smelling or tasting there are far more senses actively involved in the process.

This effectively means that we are learning from that many more angles.

We may be learning through touch or sight, sound or taste as we do it.

Each one of these angles adds to the impact of what we are learning.

So if you are trying to learn something, do whatever you can to actually do it.

Even before you really know enough about it.

This can really speed up your learning process and ultimately put you ahead of the game.

Remember,

“Tell me and I forget,
teach me and I may remember,
involve me and I learn."

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
@michaeldavid

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