Onethingthathasbecomepopularamongcolleaguesinourcompanythesedaysistoteachothersasmallskill.Thislittleskillisnotaworkskill,suchasteachingsomeoneanexcelfunction,butaskillthatcanincreasethefunofeachother'slife.
Forexample,ourlistener,Amo,likestowritepoemsandreadpoemsoutsideofwork,andoftensharesherfavoritepoemsinthecityofknowledge.Recently,IfoundthatAmotookseveralapprenticesfromourcolleaguesandtaughtthemtowritemodernpoemsfromazerobasis.
Firstofall,IhavetoexplainthatIknownothingaboutpoetry,soIhavenowayofjudginghowtowrite"wellwritten".ButafterlisteningtoAmo'smethodofsharing,Ithinksheatleasthelpedherapprenticetoaccomplishonething,whichwastolowerthepsychologicalthresholdforlearningtowritepoetry.
Whydoyousaythat?
Amosharedthreesteps.Followthesethreesteps,youcangetstartedquickly.
First,foranyonewhowantstocreate,thefirststepistolearnandimitate.
Amoadvisedourcolleaguestofirstfindthreetofivemodernpoetstheylikeandreadtheirworks.Intheprocessofreading,payattentiontoobserveonepoint:whatcommonimagesdothesepoetshave.Forexample,thepoetNorthIslandoftenusestheimageryof"glass","mirror"and"eyes".ThepoetAbbasoftenusestheimagesof"hand","wind","road"and"children".
Soon,groupsofimageswillaccumulateinyourvocabulary.Atthistime,youcancombinethemwithyourownimaginationtocreatenewsentences.
Howtowriteit?Amosharedthathermostcommonpracticemethodistowritepoemsusingonlyverbsandnounswithoutadjectives.Forexample,trytoexplainnounswithnounsallthetime.
Itsoundsabitabstract.Hereareafewexamples.ThesearethepracticeassignmentsdonebyAmo’s“students”:
Whatisearlyautumn?
Earlyautumnistheafterimageleftbysummer.
Whatisafterimage?
Theafterimageisthehesitationofthegaze.
Whatishesitation?
Hesitationisthehandthatstretchedoutandretracted.
Thesesentencesmaynotevenbeanentrylevel,butyouwillunderstanditafteryouhearit.Whatis"explainingnounswithnouns".Yousee,forsomeonewhowantstolearntowritemodernpoetry,isthisaveryeasypracticemethod?
Amoalsoaddedthatifyoufeelthatyourfoundationisalreadyverygood,ifyouwanttogofurther,thereisalsoaverysimplewaytodescribetwothingsthatarenotnexttoeachother.
Shecasuallygavemeasentence:Whenyoufinallylookback,theuniverseisslowlyturning.
Yousee,isthisabitpoetic?
Inourcompany,thereareactuallymanycolleagueswhoarewillingtosharelifeskills.Someteachothershowtomeditate,somemakeplumwine,makeplumsoup,andothersteachbadmintonandbasketball.Iobservedthesecolleaguesandfoundthatwhentheyteachothers,theyareevenmoreactivethandoingitthemselves.
Thisisveryenlighteningtome.Wealwaysfeelthatifwewanttohaveaninterestinglife,wehavetolearnsomethingandenrichourabilities.Butinfact,teachingotherswhathasbeenlearnedisalsoawaytomakelifemoreinteresting.Intheprocessofteachingothers,younotonlyrefinedamethodology,butalsohelpedothersopenasmallwindowtomakeothers'livesalittlemoreinteresting.
Ifyouhaveanysmallskills,youcanteachtheminaparticularlysimpleway.Youarewelcometoleaveamessagetosharewithyou.