Message of the Day - Learning is Not a One-Time Exercise

Good Morning,

 

Comedian Steven Wright once said, in his monosyllabic style, “I don’t walk my dog anymore. I walked all at once”.

 

It’s kind of like the concept of learning is to some people. They go to school and learn, then to college and learn, and once they graduate, they have done all their learning. They won’t go back to college, they won’t pick up a non-fiction book or industry magazine. They are done learning. Outside of one the job learning, they are done.

 

What do you think their prospects are for their futures, if they feel that they are done learning?

 

Years ago that could have been fine. You finish high school or some college and you go to work and stay at your job for 30 – 40 years and retire.

 

Those days, for the most part, have gone the way of the Dodo.

 

High School Diplomas are a must, and Associate Degrees are considered to be little more. It is almost becoming a trend where Bachelor’s degrees are a dime a dozen and Masters Degrees are the new Bachelors.

 

This says that learning, and even continued learning is important to upward mobility and even survival in today’s hyperactive workforce.

 

Some of you will say that you cannot or will not go back to college. That is fine, but the point is not so much getting letters to add to your name on your resume or email signature, rather, it is a call to continue learning and growing.

 

Read a book, read some blogs, read some magazines, go to some seminars, there are some great companies and groups linked on my blog site (http://sanfordberenberg.blogspot.com).

 

Like an organization which is not growing, it is dying, people are the same. If we are not stoking the fire of our brain by learning, then we are effectively shutting it down and letting it die.

 

If you don’t know what to do to help yourself learn and grow, let me know and I can point you to some basic steps you can take.

 

Remember, learning does not stop when you get the degree or when the training program ends. Learning should only end when our lives end, and not a moment before.

 

Get out there and learn!

 

Enjoy

 

Sanford Berenberg

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