Comments on: I am SO impatient! http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/04/14/i-am-so-impatient/ Thoughts on Agile software development, facilitation, communication, and relationships in the personal and professional worlds, from Steven "Doc" List Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doc http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/04/14/i-am-so-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Doc Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:06:32 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=396#comment-445 I love that image of being person #X in another person's learning curve. Nicely said, as usual. I love that image of being person #X in another person’s learning curve. Nicely said, as usual.

]]> By: Diana Larsen http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/2009/04/14/i-am-so-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Diana Larsen Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:16:22 +0000 http://www.stevenlist.com/blog/?p=396#comment-444 When I was a fledgling instructional designer, someone told me that, on average, a person has to encounter a new idea at least eleven times before it becomes their own. (Since then, I have heard numbers ranging from seven times to forty-four (!) times.) I'm not sure the number matters as much as the principle. When I'm working with individuals who struggle to adopt a change in behavior or other new practice or mindset, I remember that I may get to be "person 11" who gets to see the AHA! go off. And, I may be person 3 or 4 who is helping the learning happen, though perhaps not seeing the result. It also keeps me humble knowing when I am person 11 witnessing the AHA!, it's because 10 other idea bringers helped along the way. When I was a fledgling instructional designer, someone told me that, on average, a person has to encounter a new idea at least eleven times before it becomes their own. (Since then, I have heard numbers ranging from seven times to forty-four (!) times.) I’m not sure the number matters as much as the principle.

When I’m working with individuals who struggle to adopt a change in behavior or other new practice or mindset, I remember that I may get to be “person 11″ who gets to see the AHA! go off. And, I may be person 3 or 4 who is helping the learning happen, though perhaps not seeing the result. It also keeps me humble knowing when I am person 11 witnessing the AHA!, it’s because 10 other idea bringers helped along the way.

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