Teaching as a Self-Serving Learning Tool

I tell my team I run workshops for their growth. The real reason, I do it for mine.

Explaining something is the only way I verify I actually understand it. If I cant teach it simply, I dont know it well enough.

What nobody sees:

• hours of prep for a 30min session
• anxiety before every single presentation

I hate the process. But nothing else forces clarity like this.

Want to master something? Stop consuming. Start explaining.

This article was originally published on https://craftengineer.com/. It was written by a human and polished using grammar tools for clarity.
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