Unlearn to New learn.
“ The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ” Alvin Toffler Learning something, if you’re actually interested in it, is pretty much always something enjoyable. Learning some things takes longer than others. Unlearning, however, is something quite different. You might make a mistake for thinking it means knowledge just disappearing from your memory. But it’s not that. Unlearning is challenging and deconstructing things that are embedded in your way of thinking, acting and reacting. It means moving on from the previous ideas, beliefs, assumptions, etc., should be completely removed for the new one to flourish. They cannot overlap, just as one must remove all of the old roots before planting new flowers. The Learn, Unlearn and Relearn Cycle They talk about unlearning in psychology in terms of letting go of unhelpful beliefs and negative behaviours. The neuro educators might call it rewiring , but everyo...