It is a blessing when remarkable persons that we admire make time to speak with us. Those shared interviews are reflections of us both, that’s why it’s imperative that what we ask matters.
One of those persons we were blessed to speak with artist, educator, and Muralmatics founder Dustin Hunt!
During our conversation about evolving throughout life we asked Dustin this GOOD QUESTION: Recall for us the first time you failed. What lesson did you learn from that?
He answered, “When I look back on how I started out doing something, even with great intentions, and reflect on how successful or unsuccessful I was doing it, I would consider lots of things failures at first.
My first time as a camp counselor I had lots of good intentions and little understanding of mentorship, childhood development, facilitation skills, etc.
My first year as a certified teacher was similar. I had lots of good intentions, some rad lessons and lots of ideas. I lacked skills related to curriculum development, conflict resolution, navigating school culture, constructively challenging school norms, etc.
I think good intentions are a good starting point to jump off into most things, but a consistent desire to learn and improve is even more important. Otherwise, you remain mediocre at best. And, if we’re talking about youth development and supporting our communities, I think mediocre is harmful to forward motion.” | THIS ENT
[By Alex The Host]
