Do Do Do

Yesterday I was waiting for the email from James Clear to see if there was anything in there I wanted to write about.
We had a number of things planned, including an early start after which we wanted to clear the side area near our shed.  To me it was like the final frontier.  All over grown and quite frankly scary.  We did not know what lurked in the growth.  A snake had come from there and one was smelt when we were clearing earlier.
After that Merril was making a trip into town and I was setting up for an event.
All that to say I was wanting to write stuff as early as possible.  Anyway I did not get the email in time so wrote on other things.  I finally got to read the email in the afternoon and there was something in it I very much relate to.
It was the following and while it may be something well known, though recent experience  I have very much found it to be true.  “The person who learns the most in any classroom is the teacher.  If you really want to learn a topic, then "teach" it. Write a book. Teach a class. Build a product. Start a company. The act of making something will force you to learn more deeply than reading ever will."
I guess it highlights what I go on about regularly.  Learning is about doing rather than just reading.
A friend recently volunteered information that told me they were experiencing exactly the same as me.  They lead a group as I do, and they said they probably get more out of it than anyone else.  Same same for me.
In fact I have recently changed the way I do things.  I am giving as many as possible the opportunity to lead.  It really is straight forward, but it does matter the leader knows their stuff.  My reasoning has been if I want others to get stuff out of what is being shared, I have found the best way to learn is to lead.
As the leader it is important I know my stuff.  Yet the sharing of the duty to lead means others are getting good stuff that in the past was singularly my (and occasionally a few others) domain.
So to me James Clear was right to say, “The person who learns the most in any classroom is the teacher” and “The act of making something will force you to learn more deeply than reading ever will." 
I like to share good stuff I have found to work, around.