Excerpt from the book "The Element" by Sir Ken Robinson
Being in our element depends on finding our own distinctive talents and passions. Why haven't most people found this? One of the most important reasons is that most people have a very limited conception of their own natural capacities.
The first limitation is in our understanding of the range of our capacities. We are all born with extraordinary powers of imagination, intelligence, feeling, intuition, spirituality, and of physical and sensory awareness. For the most part, we use only a fraction of these powers, and some not at all. Many people have not found their Element because they don't understand their own powers.
The second limitation is in our understanding of how all these capacities relate to each other holistically. For the most part, we think that our minds, our bodies, and our feelings and relationships with others operate independent of each other, like separate systems. Many people have not found their Element because they don't understand their true organic nature.
The third limitation is in our understanding of how much potential we have for growth and change. For the most part, people seem to think that life is linear, that our capacities declines as we grow older. and that opportunities we have missed are gone for ever. Many people have not found their Element because they don't understand their constant potential for renewal.
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Oh well! I absolutely loved the above descriptions of our limitations. It is absolutely clear that the major factor for everyone is education. At the same time the limited view of our own capacities can be compounded by many other factors as well.
Srik
Being in our element depends on finding our own distinctive talents and passions. Why haven't most people found this? One of the most important reasons is that most people have a very limited conception of their own natural capacities.
The first limitation is in our understanding of the range of our capacities. We are all born with extraordinary powers of imagination, intelligence, feeling, intuition, spirituality, and of physical and sensory awareness. For the most part, we use only a fraction of these powers, and some not at all. Many people have not found their Element because they don't understand their own powers.
The second limitation is in our understanding of how all these capacities relate to each other holistically. For the most part, we think that our minds, our bodies, and our feelings and relationships with others operate independent of each other, like separate systems. Many people have not found their Element because they don't understand their true organic nature.
The third limitation is in our understanding of how much potential we have for growth and change. For the most part, people seem to think that life is linear, that our capacities declines as we grow older. and that opportunities we have missed are gone for ever. Many people have not found their Element because they don't understand their constant potential for renewal.
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Oh well! I absolutely loved the above descriptions of our limitations. It is absolutely clear that the major factor for everyone is education. At the same time the limited view of our own capacities can be compounded by many other factors as well.
Srik
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