It all started a few days ago when I first saw the Seth Godin TED talk on Tribes. If you haven’t seen it yet, I hope you do. Here is a link. It is worthwhile spending 20 minutes on it.
Godin suggests that, with the internet, humans are going back to tribes as a way of interaction. And these tribes are groups of people with similar interests or beliefs finding ways to get together, interact and meet – all thanks to the internet. So, he argues, if you wanted to find a group of Ukranian folk dancers today, you could.
He ends by asking us to start a movement (within 24 hours). Well, I couldn’t do it in 24 hours so I thought it might not be a bad idea to do it within 24 days atleast.
The movement I am inspired to start is the ‘Learner’ movement. The cause here is simple – I visualize a world where people will not fear making mistakes, where they will focus on ‘responding’ to mistakes creatively, constructively and correctively and where they will forge ahead making one mistake after another knowing fully well that they are better for it.
In essence, they will not be paralyzed by the fear of failure. They will be energized by it because, in either case, they will have a store to tell to their brother/sisterhood of learners.
I have no idea how to proceed with this. And I have no idea what the next steps are. But, I am inspired. And I am determined to do something about it. It all starts with the will, I guess.
So, my big question to you – Would you be inspired enough to be part of the founding of a movement of this nature? We don’t know the name yet, but we will, soon. We don’t know what we’re going to do yet, but we will soon.
It may also be a while before it starts making a dent. But, I am optimistic that it is only a matter of time. Keep me posted.
PS: The big inspiration here is ‘The Beatles did not invent teenagers. They just lead them.’ We are not going to invent ‘learners’, we are just going to find, and united them!
A Learning a Day 