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I thought teaching was easy until I figured out these things
It’s not about what you teach, but how you teach.
With more than nine years of experience in Product Design, I separate my career into 3 phases:
- The first two years ⎼ Gain experience: Say “Yes” to everything and grind experience.
- Next four years ⎼ Build a foundation: Learn to say “No” and storage knowledge.
- The following years ⎼ Systemize knowledge: Share to learn and build a legacy.
I used to think of opening a Product Design course because many people requested, and I thought teaching was easy until I dug deep about it. Now I find that sharing experience and teaching are two very different things.
Whereas sharing experience involves recalling the past, teaching requires much more. In particular, knowledge must be accurate and tested through practices with many different contexts.
Besides, teaching also requires from both sides:
- People transfer knowledge.
- Knowledge recipients.
In which when acquiring new knowledge, the recipient will usually be in one of the following 3 cases:
- They need to break their perception.
- They need to increase their perception.
- They have a misperception.
Now looking at this example.
I live in Ho Chi Minh City, an economic city with a high standard of living in Vietnam. One time, when I went back to my hometown, I told a story with my relatives “At Yeebo restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, a roasted duck has a price of $260, and they attract many customers to come to eat.”
This is new information to them.
