I often repeat an experience - I’ll watch a movie again, re read a book, take a favourite route on a dog walk.
I do the same with learning, especially if there’s a training course that I’ve found especially useful.
This autumn will be my 5th time in Tara Mohr’s Playing Big Facilitators Training.
Last month I assisted for the second time on one of the intermediate CTI coach training modules (the incredible Process) after first being a participant in 2018.
It can feel counterintuitive.
Why would I do it again, when I’ve already learned it and been putting it into practice?
Why would I repeat the same experience when there are so many new things I could learn?
But the interesting thing is that it’s never the same experience.
Some things are familiar…. I know the outline, the ideas, the principles, so my brain doesn’t have to try and take everything in again. But so much is different…
I’m not the same person I was the first time around - time has passed and my life has evolved - so different things feel relevant.
The people within the container of learning are new, so different experiences and insights come out.
The energy of that particular time and place have an impact, there’s a specific context for the learning.
It means that there’s always another layer, more to discover, a different perspective. There are always new details to notice, ideas to explore, things that strike a chord.
Sometime we need to expand our horizons - to broaden our knowledge and explore new things.
Sometimes we need to deepen our foundations - to go a level deeper and help it hand more fully.
And sometimes, we can do both at the same time - what a gift.
Is there an experience that you’ve had that you’d love to repeat?
And what would it be like to revisit it as this version of you?
Wishing you all a week of expanding your horizons,
