FIVE STAGES OF LEARNING

1. Exposure -- Open yourself to new ideas; you never know where your possibilities are hiding in disguise.
2. Imitation -- Take it for a test-drive. You didn't learn to swim by thinking about it; sooner or later you had to jump into the water.
3. Encouragement -- Be your own best friend. Listen and support.
4. Repetition -- Old habits have an inertia that resists changes in direction. Patiently exert gentle pressure on the rudder until the new learning takes over.
5. Refinement -- Dying of boredom is not possible unless you insist upon it. There is always more. When you get to the horizon, there will always be further for you to see and explore.