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Learning doesn’t just happen. Well, it does, but we have to be ready to learn. Here’s an example: could a newborn baby learn to ride a bike? The answer is … yes! Here’s another question: is a newborn baby ready to learn bike riding? Of course, the answer is no.

How do we know we’re ready to learn? Let’s jump in.

The thing is, we don’t know when we’re ready to learn something. The only way you’ll know you’re ready is when you’ve learned what you’re trying to learn. Huh?

An infant doesn’t know they can’t learn to ride a bike. They don’t even know what a bike is. Think about your efforts to learn how to ride a bike. Were you ready for it?

Most likely, you didn’t think about it. You were too busy worrying about keeping your balance, watching where you were going, and how to stop the darn thing.

But you got the hang of it. You learned how to control it, and now you can do it without thinking about it.

The same process applies to everything we try to learn. We have to be ready to learn it. Teachers don’t jump straight into complicated math when you’re only in first grade. They get you ready by having you learn easier stuff first.