Lernen als Weg aus der Selbstlähmung

Learning as a way out of self-paralysis. In this article learning is understood as an ëemergenceí-like movement in which people put their own patterns of learning into movement. This movement is illustrated using the example of South American businessperson. Special attention is devoted in the article to the learning movement is inhibited by: experiences of the past, recollections and emotions. The key to overcoming this ëself-paralysisí is a method of targeted cognitive self-observation which the author understands as a variation of individual emotional competence. For the area of education, this once again poses the challenge of making it possible for individuals to successfully ëemergeí.