Generator Rules / Mental Debugs

Listened to some talks by Tom Chi.  He mentioned this notion of mental debugs (generator rules) that have continuing effects in generating perspective and behavior changes.

• Knowing is the enemy of learning - knowing makes learning impossible. State of knowing closes / impedes the mind to new information / learning in that domain
• Verbs are greater than nouns. Once you categorize something as a noun, mental activity around that goes to zero. If you stay in verb mode, mental activity, learning around that phenomena continues as verbs don't stop this mental activity.
• Crossing the 3 gaps - From first contact: Knowledge -> Practice -> Mastery. Start practicing to learn and that begins the process of mastery. Reading / learning all about it before practice slows down the learning process and to getting to mastery.
• Stay in the medium - stay in the process and in awareness and flow to keep improving whatever it is that you are doing.
• Metabolizability is more important than truth - provide what the moment requires and that can be processed / metabolized not the absolute truth.