Comments on: That Looks Easy!

By: jerry crotty

jerry crotty — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:22:55 +0000

I once heard a presenter make a similar point recounting a visit to a friend’s house in the country where his son expected to be allowed to drive a jeep for the first time though some fields or on some dirt roads . . .

Because it rained that afternoon, the son could only sit in the jeep in the garage while the owner told him all about how to drive . . .

Undaunted, some time later,the son ran in the house, “Hey Dad, I can drive a jeep! . . . ” he reported.

‘You can?,” the surpriesed father replied.

“Yeah, . . .listen.” (and then proceeded to repeat what he was told in the garage).

By: Laura Tapper

Laura Tapper — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:43:59 +0000

More importantly, it illustrates knowing where your own strengths and weaknesses lie and recognizing when you need to have others do something, rather than taking on a project you can’t handle alone.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:32:32 +0000

It takes a lot of effort to make something look effortless.

By: WT McRae

WT McRae — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:13:16 +0000

I teach and perform circus for children. I have decent proficiency in many circus skills. This summer, a student asked me to demonstrate club juggling. I had never invested the time in the skill and therefore had none. When I told him I didn’t know how, the student said: “Then why aren’t you practicing juggling clubs?” I proceeded to work on club juggling. What I found was that the other students became more willing to take risks on other equipment. Rather than showing a skill that I had polished, they were able to see that getting good takes practice. It takes the bitterness out of something being hard. I had told my students many times that all they had to do was fail as many times as it took to succeed, but demonstrating that was invaluable. I wish more teachers could teach the skills of learning by example, not just the information or vocational skills.

Thank you for your post.

By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching

Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:45:16 +0000

Thanks for this — that’s a great reason, I think, why it’s so important to be able to enjoy the process of learning — if we’re only focused on the end result, like tiling the bathroom expertly, we aren’t going to be motivated to finish the learning process it takes to make it easy.

By: Matt Bowgren

Matt Bowgren — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:45:44 +0000

Tiling a floor is the easiest task in tiling as well. Tiling gets more complicated when you start creating mosaics, complex patterns, working with ungauged tile (not of a uniform thickness), etc… It takes time to become very good at it, but as a DIYer, I can say that nobody should be afraid of tiling a floor using ceramic tile. Just be sure to read what you can get your hands on and watch a few different videos online and you’ll be on your way.