 | Are you a life long learner? Is that one of your values? Education, learning, upskilling - call it what you want but, is it something you do continuously, or intermittently? That's what I want to talk about today There are no actual rules to these things. You can approach life and business however you want to, but depending on your goals and where you want to be there may be some unwritten rules that can exponentially explode your success by following them. |
Deciding on a pathway of learning that takes care of pretty much 100% of what you need to know in your industry makes life a great deal easier so long as you plug in the times that you need to be studying and the times you may need to travel and attend sessions in town or even out of town (that's the fun stuff!)
Sticking to this routine will bring ever increasing knowledge and wisdom to your 'game' so long as you commit. Don't commit - and the cumulative effect doesn't take effect.
The Cumulative Effect:
Try putting your money in the bank or into a fund and taking it back out within a few months. Nothing, nada - nicht! You'll have taken advantage of very little. Your money will not be worth much more than when you invested it. Things only increase in value if you leave them alone and they keep on gaining value over time. The same goes for your education. If you do a little now and a little at the end of the year - the accumulation of knowledge and wisdom is sparse and you'll have a bitsy approach to your learning.
The Rhythm Effect:
By setting a rhythm to your learning you will be laying neural pathways that will become embedded over time and make the process easier and easier as time passes. Have you ever tried ice-skating? It's the kind of activity you do once in a blue moon at a party of on a random occasion - you never really do it enough (unless your an enthusiast) to get any good at it. The same goes with learning and self education. If you only do it intermittently you will only ever feel like a beginner.
A Way of Life:
If it becomes a way of life as part of your journey through your career then, like our clients, you make it a lifestyle choice rather than an add on that "must be done" at some point! Don't leave your education to chance. Don't wait until the last minute to cram something in to tick a box that needs ticking for your registration. Look at it holistically as a facet of your life. Choose your values carefully and see if that learning value is in there already. Then lean into that and find your thing. Whatever flavour that may be but find it, embrace it and turn it into a lifestyle choice. Make it an immovable object in your week, your diary or your planner - whatever tool you use to stay on track.
Sticking to this routine will bring ever increasing knowledge and wisdom to your 'game' so long as you commit. Don't commit - and the cumulative effect doesn't take effect.
The Cumulative Effect:
Try putting your money in the bank or into a fund and taking it back out within a few months. Nothing, nada - nicht! You'll have taken advantage of very little. Your money will not be worth much more than when you invested it. Things only increase in value if you leave them alone and they keep on gaining value over time. The same goes for your education. If you do a little now and a little at the end of the year - the accumulation of knowledge and wisdom is sparse and you'll have a bitsy approach to your learning.
The Rhythm Effect:
By setting a rhythm to your learning you will be laying neural pathways that will become embedded over time and make the process easier and easier as time passes. Have you ever tried ice-skating? It's the kind of activity you do once in a blue moon at a party of on a random occasion - you never really do it enough (unless your an enthusiast) to get any good at it. The same goes with learning and self education. If you only do it intermittently you will only ever feel like a beginner.
A Way of Life:
If it becomes a way of life as part of your journey through your career then, like our clients, you make it a lifestyle choice rather than an add on that "must be done" at some point! Don't leave your education to chance. Don't wait until the last minute to cram something in to tick a box that needs ticking for your registration. Look at it holistically as a facet of your life. Choose your values carefully and see if that learning value is in there already. Then lean into that and find your thing. Whatever flavour that may be but find it, embrace it and turn it into a lifestyle choice. Make it an immovable object in your week, your diary or your planner - whatever tool you use to stay on track.
| Once you do that you will then benefit from the cumulative effect, the rhythm effect and the way of life that comes from being a continuous learner rather than an intermittent one. I am preaching from a position of experience here. I got to that place where I couldn't see where the growth was going to come from in my business. I had no learning process. I had no routine. Once I found what I was looking for, that routine has become a habit. That habit has become a lifestyle and that lifestyle has meant one of vast learning and growth. Once I would not trade for anything. It will stand me in good stead, it can't be unlearnt (technically it could!) but it can be improved upon with more learning and refinement. |  |
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