Ice Chip #8

Thank you so much to all of you who sent well wishes on my recent health issue.  I really appreciate the kind sentiment.  Now I would like to get back to the business of sharing the ice chips with you—.

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned we would be focusing on the Process of Education and Re-Education.  When you consider eradicating disempowering words and replacing them with your empowering word choices, it is important to understand the process you are going through.  Let’s focus on the Process of Education in this Ice Chip.

In a nutshell, the process of education includes intellectual insight, practice, and emotional insight, which all bring you to personality trait formation.  Intellectual insight is a fancy way of saying that you understand the theory behind what you want to learn.  Practice is the actual hands-on, or thoughts-on, manipulation of your new tool.  Emotional insight comes when fumbling with the tool transitions to feeling comfortable with a new skill.  Mastery of the skill, or being able to do it automatically, as if you have been doing it for years, is what we call personality trait formation.

(Thank you Dr. Maxie C. Maultsby, Jr., author of Help Yourself to Happiness)

Here is an example of the process of Education:  Learning how to drive a car.

Intellectual Insight:  Deciding to learn how to drive.  Realizing it will take some effort to do it well.  Give me independence.

Practice:  Driver’s Education Classroom Training as well as hands on Driving Training.

Emotional Insight:  Feeling more comfortable about what I am learning; city driving; highway and passing; parallel parking, etc.

Personality Trait Formation:  Being able to drive, talk with passengers, and perhaps take a sip of coffee while driving.

Most of you are very familiar with this activity, and thinking about the process may seem less than exciting.  Consider other skills you know well, and think of this process.

Next week we will focus on the Re-Education Process.  

Have a great week. 

Best regards,

Bob

April 7, 2009 | Filed Under Ice Chips, RTI 

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