LBT ( Learning by Building Towers )

In Life there are different ways of learning a same thing.In this post we will be learning process of goal setting & nice concept of Pygmalion effect

Tower Building :

Tower building  exercise is one of interesting way of learning many things  .
It is actually  a game of building towers which involves putting one cube over the other and achieving the maximum height as much as possible till all the cubes would fall down .

Lets now set the goals for this tower building.
Consider that before the process started one attempt was made to build the tower & tower of X blocks was built.Now we all predict that our goal will be to build Y block height of tower.

After Setting the goal of how many blocks towers comes the next process :

1.Those whose goal are below history(X) must reassess their goals as their goals set are less than the achievable performance whereas in reality it should be the opposite i.e. goal set should be more than the achievable performance.

2>Those whose goals are more than history(X) it might be possible for them that they might actually cross history & build taller tower.This was due to Pygmalion effect.

Pygmalion effect :

"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he shall become as he can and should be."

This is great meaningful proverb i had came across which sums up pygmalion effect.

The Pygmalion effect is the phenomenon in which the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform.
So if we set goal that we will build tower which are greater in height than history than it is most probably possible that we will actually build it.

Pygmalion effect in my Life :

I have seen that in previous life experiences that whenever i decided or someone told me that you can do a certain thing than 99 percent of times i was able to do that thing  even though i was not sure of being able to do that thing in first instance.This was illustration of Pygmalion effect in my life

In the whole process i learned the concept of goal setting.
This goal setting exercise helped me learn the actual value of Goal Setting. It is important for Goals to be set using the fundamental principles of 

SMART  (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely).
Specific: - Goal is to create the tallest tower.

      Measurable:- Tower should be greater than history.Example 27 which is greater than history of Attainable:- The target was taken 27 not too much greater than 25.

      Realistic:- Its is not too much greater than 25.

      Time Bound:- It has to be completed within the given time.

      

      This sums up the tower building exercise & its learning .

I would try to apply this principles in my future life.