Let me start off with this quote before getting on with this email:

I think it´s safe to say that for most of us, we´re wired to learn, not to teach.

Or maybe wired it’s not the best word to describe what I meant, but rather it’s a concept buried deep withing due to society’s structure and functioning.

And don’t get me wrong, this isn’t necessarily a complain, being humble enough to understand we need to learn something is great, but I just think we’d be better of if we actually shared what we know as well, instead of keeping it to ourselves in the hopes it gives us an advantage over everyone else.

Unfortunately, the modern world has fabricated some habits deep within us which unfortunately are not the healthiest habits of them all.

Among them is the belief that we’re surrounded by a highly competitive world. Though in some way we are, but that doesn’t mean we should shape our behavior as if everyone else is our direct competitor and we’re all part of a zero-sum game in which I’m only capable of winning if another one is losing.

In fact, this may sound simple enough, but in my experience, most people have a hard time understanding the notion of abundance since we’ve been unconsciously taught that there’s not enough for us and life is a zero-sum game.

Thus, a concept we must all carry with us at all times is that everything you share will eventually come back to you twice as much.

And it’s hard to get a grasp on that concept considering you’re merely “trusting the process” which is a subject we’ve talked about before and it’s still quite complicated to do. But just like we mentioned before, sometimes you just need a little faith.

Maybe it’s a personal situation, maybe it’s just the way we are, but I think that in some ways, humans have a hard time trusting something without immediate proof. Though I said sometimes because there’s plenty of examples of the power of human faith, specially regarding religion.

But, all of this is just a way of saying:

SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW

First, you should understand that everybody has something to share.

Even something as mundane and simple as better ways to wash your clothes.

Thanks to the internet, you’ll be surpirsed with how people can build a career out of highly specific hyper-niches.

It may sound somewhat oxymoronic, but to effectively learn and teach we must leave our ego behind yet carry enough of it with us.

Being a good student means you’re humble enough to understand there’s something you don’t know and you’re willing to learn, which in one way or another, I believe we’ve all done it.

Unlike teaching which requires you to acknowledge that there’s something that you know that others don’t, and that thing is worth sharing.

Personally, for quite some type I’ve been blinded to my skills and honestly, would’ve never considered my strength, even less so, teach about them, if it wasn’t for someone close to me.

So that begs the question…

What can you teach?

And why haven’t you done it yet?