9- Zack Rabold - How to Learn

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Two wheels, a frame, and handles. A bicycle, such a simple form of transportation that gives us one of the most important skills we will ever know. How to learn. For me, learning to ride a bike was simple. My parents took me into the street and told me how to push the pedal to start and balance myself from there. Five minutes later I was pedaling up and down the street on my own. I had no idea then that by learning how to slowly ease my way into riding the bike and trying out different ways to find my own technique would translate much farther than my little neon green bicycle. Once I was comfortable on my own I started to expand how I rode my bike. I’d teach myself how to ride with just one hand, trying different ways until I got the right one. And then eventually moved on to pedaling with no hands and adding in turns and bends in the road. Through trial and error I was able to learn the ins and outs of how to ride a bicycle and developed the formula of how I would learn every other skill. Start guided, branch off on my own slowly until I can stand on my own weight. Cooking, kicking a ball, driving. All skills I would learn using the same formula for learning I used when riding a bike. Without it it may have been a lot longer to learn all the skills I’ve been able to develop over time.