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On Being with Krista Tippett
Offerman credits Shozo Sato, his Kabuki theater teacher, with this lesson, "always maintain the attitude of a student" and writes about it in "Paddle Your Own Canoe". He says this lesson was a huge part of his woodworking discipline, one of the biggest joys of his life.
Here's a lovely way that you wrote about this lesson, always maintain the attitude of a student and in your book, Paddle Your Own Canoe.
— Episode: Nick Offerman — Working with Wood, and t...
Episode: Nick Offerman — Working with Wood, and the Meaning...
Offerman credits Shozo Sato, his Kabuki theater teacher, with this lesson, "always maintain the attitude of a student" and writes about it in "Paddle Your Own Canoe". He says this lesson was a huge part of his woodworking discipline, one of the biggest joys of his life.
Here's a lovely way that you wrote about this lesson, always maintain the attitude of a student and in your book, Paddle Your Own Canoe.
My favorite rule from sensei was always maintain the attitude of a student. And then you wrote when a person thinks they have finished learning, that is when bitterness and disappointment can set in, as that person will wake up every day, wondering when someone is going to throw a parade in their honor for being so smart.
Having ears for this lesson has been one of the luckiest pieces of listening I've done, because it has led to my woodworking discipline, one of the greatest joys of my life.
You kind of collect and look for curators to help people to help curate life. But I think teachers and friends, this is really important to you.
Without teachers in our lives, we would be a bunch of sorry dullards, indeed, dimwits and dunces.
