0.57 The projection of perfection obstructs learning

For more years than I care to consider I have been irritated by the 'yeah, we do all that', or, 'yeah, I know that' response when what I believe to be new and potentially powerful learning is presented to people who seem resistant to the very idea that they could do anything new, that could make any performance change for the better.

For many it seems to me that acceptance of a need to learn anything at all, or that anything they do is less than perfect is a self-esteem thing. 

It can sometimes seem as if such a thought is received as an insult to their infallibility and total command of what they do - and that anything I feel is new is not - 'yeah, they knew that'.

Oh really? What I see is so often different to those self perceptions. 

The self-defensive barrier to even the thought of learning I now call 'The projection of perfection'.

The truly mature, confident people are those I enjoy working with, as they have a hunger to learn and to improve. These are often the highest, and ironically best informed.