Life Long Learners Achieve More

Some people look at training and education as a huge waste of time. They go to class, sit and listen to the instructor, go through the activities and exercises and a week later they don’t remember anything. In fact, I heard from one guy who retired after 40 years of service to his company; he complained that over the course of his career he had to participate in no less than 1,000 training events yet he can’t remember a single thing the trainers said. What a waste of my time, the trainer’s time and company money!

Here is what I explained to him. In the course of my lifetime I have eaten no less than 45,000 meals and I cannot recall what was on the menu for even one single meal. What I do know is this, had I not eaten all those the meals I would have starved physically and would now be dead. Despite not being able to recall everything we have ever heard in a classroom; the truth is this, no matter how good we think we are we are never good enough. Every experience in the class room increases our awareness, brings things back to a conscious level even if only for a short period of time. Learning and training experiences feed our attitudes and our souls; they give us the nourishment to help us forge ahead, even when times are tough!

The moral of the story here is to embrace learning and growing, without it we shrivel up and die.

Where do you want to be on the success scale? Somewhere at the top leading the way for others due to your thirst and quest for knowlege that puts you head and shoulders above others OR do you want to be buried under 6 feet of dirt with no hope at all for the future? It's your decision!

Let me know what decision you have made, post it here on this blog!