Education philosphy in three words

Education consists of three steps repeated over and over:

Observe
Change
Practice

We need to observe our surroundings, our teachers, our reading, and other persons or things we wish to learn from.

We need to change our behavior toward our goal: adapt to our surroundings, change our surroundings, understand our teachers and so on.

We need to practice how we've changed.

The hard parts are observing well, deciding how to change, and actually following through with sufficient practice. Having patient teachers and associates helps, but we need also to motivate ourselves to learn.