What are barriers to learning and how can they be overcome?
Being dishonest with yourself about who you are, and being naive about the world around you. Gain self-awareness and self-perspective, and one way to do this is when people point out what they perceive as faults in you…consider what they’ve said. Don’t just get defensive. Think about how you respond to situations, what you like, how you treat others, etc. And the same applies to learning about the world, i.e. don’t just get defensive all the time. Personally, I do a lot of reading, in addition to observing. I stopped saying what other people do and don’t experience in life and started seeking out books and sources online that would teach me about others and their place in the world. Learning these kind of things do help you develop yourself because you see yourself relative to others and how their position in life allows you to be who you are and where you are in society.
