Manifesto
Teaching
A Great Teacher is someone… • who becomes a student with a student. • who has a passion for teaching and learning. • who teaches life skills. • who is motivating and inspirational. • who stimulates imagination and creativity in students. • who is a great story teller. Brain
See one, do one, teach one
In medicine, there’s a teaching model for new surgeons known as “see one, do one, teach one” — it was started by William Stewart Halsted at Johns Hopkins in 1890.
In this rush to “share what we know” in content marketing, we can sometimes forget that “what we know” is different than “what we’ve actually done”. Maybe the rule should be “share what you’ve done” instead?
Don’t skip the middle step, it’s really important. You may not be removing appendixes, but you’re putting information out into the world that’s based on a tiny bit of retention instead of firsthand knowledge.