Learning Is Not a Comfortable Process

Today when I got home from a full day of supervision training I found this in my inbox.

Learning is not a comfortable process for any of us: it takes courage by the learners and caring by the learning providers. You will make a huge difference if you replace every critical and judgmental expression with a positive and caring one. 

"Your trainees won't care how much you know, unless they know how much you care." (Anon)

It was such a fitting quote for today. I finished the tenth day with 24 dynamic, intelligent, and motivated state supervisors who I've been meeting with since October of last year. I train a lot of people, but this group was really different. They touched me in a deep and life changing way with their compassion for each other and their commitment to making the workplace better for their staff. 

I wish them the best in all of their endeavors and thank them for a wonderful experience together.