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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3956114, member: 112&quot;]Ehhhhh kinda but not really. The issue is simplicity itself - if a cup is full, you simply cannot pour any more into it. And if you try, anything you pour into it simply runs over the side. The answer is you first have to empty the cup before you can learn. It is a very, very old teaching illustration.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was teaching staff, particularly new hires, I had a simple little speech I&#039;d give them. I&#039;d tell them that I wanted them to forget everything they knew because most of what they knew was wrong to begin with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now of course they would always look at me like I was some kind of fool, or completely crazy. But without exception, the day would come when every one them would come up and tell me thank you, that I was right.</p><p><br /></p><p>For new subcontractors, I had a different little speech. On the first day I&#039;d tell them that for the first 30 days they knew me, they would be absolutely convinced that I was the biggest jerk that ever walked the earth. (of course jerk was not the word I actually used) But that after 90 days they would decide that they would rather work for me than anyone they had ever known. And too proved true without exception.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it all goes back to the full cup. That is beginner&#039;s mind <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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