Development Takes Times

Teaching a person a new skill takes time. It's common knowledge. The teacher takes time away from his or her daily routines to teach. I refer to the teacher as parents, managers, training officers, coaches, senior co-workers, mentors, and worker development. The exception is professional educators.

Today's Information Age it's unfortunate fewer teachers have neither the patience nor the time to teach. The Information Age is rush. The Information Age is learn immediately. The Information Age trial and error is frown. The Information Age mistakes are unacceptable. Development takes time; unfortunately, there is no time. Moreover, today's skills and knowledge require more time and costs compared to yesterday's skills and knowledge. The teachers have too much of their own responsibilities for which it's hard to find time to teach properly. I fear tomorrow's youth are inadequately taught by today's teachers jeopardizing their future chances. Nobody should complain about the difficulty finding the best people. Blame today's teachers.

Update On A Past Blog

I watched two YouTube videos on the late Bruce Lee. The first video is 1965 _ Bruce Lee - Interview. The video gave a brief biography of Lee. He was born in San Francisco, CA in 1940. He was six years old when he appeared in his first movie. He moved out of Hong Kong in 1959 at the age of 18. One son. He graduated with a degree in philosophy. He demonstrated Kung Fu for which he was fast.

The second video is Bruce Lee Interview (Pierre Berton Show, 1971). Lee said martial arts is expressing yourself honestly. It's hard. Training is mandatory to keep the reflexes sharp. Training is preparing to express yourself honestly when the situation arises. Lee shared the water philosophy at the 15:49 mark. "Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. Now, you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."

I add the philosophy and the martial arts expression to the Bruce Lee blogs Bruce Lee Is The Man written on Oct 8, 2010 and Bruce Lee Was The Man Revisited written on Nov 4, 2019. The first blog is a list of Bruce Lee quotes; for example, make at least one definite move daily toward your goal. The second blog is quotes from the movie Enter The Dragon; for example, boards don't hit back.