Learn to Unlearn

 This topic is very important that we need to understand that everything is nor required or need some time we have to unlearn things.

[ Need to focus on what is require at a time]

{Learning to unlearn requires admitting that what we once knew and followed, is no longer effective or useful}

 illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn .” – Alvin Toffler

When we allow ourselves to be controlled by our preconceived and misconceived notions, governed by myths, conditioned by false assumptions and (mis)guided by wrong opinions we have formed about people, we are not open to new ideas and are unwilling to undergo a paradigm shift. 

The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge speaks of a “learning organization”, an organization that recognizes that the key to growth is individual and collective learning at all levels. He recognizes that in situations of rapid change only those that are flexible, adaptive, and productive will excel. To keep up, evolve, and survive, the practice of learning is pivotal. However, learning is no longer a linear, stand-alone process – first, one must invest in learning to unlearn.

For years, through social and personal conditioning, education, and work experience,  we fall into a rhythm of functioning. Routines and mindsets become rooted in consistent practice without encouraging much change. In fact, not just people, but businesses and organizations also fall into the repetition of practices that have helped them succeed to a certain degree. 

What is Unlearning?

Unlearning is the act of eliminating a previously regular practice from habit. That which we can do with our eyes closed, that which we know like the back of our hand, is no longer the same. We live in continually changing times. Unlearning is a tool that allows us to learn from a previous experience or pattern while making room for new learning. If we are to keep up with the transformations occurring in all spheres of life, it is necessary to let go of older operating systems and practices to make room for new ones. That is, in order to adapt to new means and methods, it is important to unlearn the older ones.