"How much do you learn as the teacher?"

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Every time I find myself teaching someone something, I’m amazed by how much I learn. For instance, our younger daughter has her learner’s permit to drive. The primary responsibility for initially teaching her to drive falls on my wife and me in the state we live in…

…which means I got to go first teaching her. One of the things that amazed me right away was that she didn’t say, "Daddy, I already know that." Many teenagers think they can drive before they get behind the wheel. She listened carefully and put into practice what we discussed.

I decided following those first experiences teaching her to drive that the four deadliest words we may ever say are, "I already know that." Far too often it seems that an ego gets in the way of genuine learning taking place. That it’s a challenge for us to admit—"I don’t know how to do this."

Whether it’s at work or school or at home, avoid these four deadly words—"I already know that"—suspend your ego needs, and learn something new as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living today.

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