YOU CAN’T KNOW THE VALUE OF LITERACY BEFORE LEARNING THE ALPHABET

YOU CAN’T KNOW THE VALUE OF LITERACY BEFORE LEARNING
THE ALPHABET Some Benefits Can Only Be Understood After
You Begin the Learning What happens when you give a great book to
someone who cannot read? The book may be priceless—but to that
person, its value is still invisible. This simple idea forms the heart of You
Can’t Know the Value of Literacy Before Learning the Alphabet. Through
personal experiences, business lessons, leadership observations, parenting
insights and reflections on welfare, Dr. Abhishek Gilara explores a
mistake we repeatedly make: We try to give people solutions before
giving them the awareness required to understand those solutions.A
villager who has never heard of an aeroplane may laugh when told that
humans can fly. An employee given responsibility before developing
maturity may occupy the position without truly being ready for it.
A child pushed prematurely into a professional career may be given the destination before receiving the
development required for the journey. A person receiving advice they never asked for may reject excellent
wisdom simply because they are not ready to receive it. And welfare delivered without awareness may
become expenditure without transformation. The problem is not always the book. Sometimes the missing
piece is simply the alphabet. Through five chapters, the book develops a powerful progression: EXPOSURE
→ AWARENESS → KNOWLEDGE → UNDERSTANDING → EXPERIENCE → APPRECIATION
→ ADOPTION It asks leaders, parents, teachers, entrepreneurs, mentors and anyone trying to help
another human being to reconsider one fundamental question: Before asking, “Why don’t they understand?”
should we first ask, “What haven’t they learned yet?” The book also explores a lesson that took
the author decades to appreciate: Not every person needs your advice. Some need knowledge. Some need
exposure. Some need experience. Some need time. And some need you to simply keep mum. Because
true welfare is not measured by how much advice we give. It is measured by how much capability we
create. Don’t give the library before teaching the alphabet. Don’t force the medicine before understanding
the patient. Don’t demand appreciation before creating awareness. Teach the first letter—and let an entire
world gradually open.