There is this podcast episode by Rochelle Moulton and Jonathan Stark that revolves around “Why ‘Those Who Can’t Do Teach’ is BS“.
At a point, Jonathan pivots the question to “those who can’t teach do”… which brings me to something often times overviewed:
Those who know how to, learn.
Because here’s the thing
Doing and teaching can even become mechanical and intuitive.
But to know how to —that stage where you go from hands work to brains work— you need to learn. It’s an action you do, not that is done *to you* (aka being taught).
It requires you to challenge what you believe.
To question what you see.
To ask again around what you’re told.
Because when you learn, you can do.
And teach.
And most importantly, help others learn too.