John Kennedy said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” Learning is a process. It is important to not get it confused with mastery. If mastery was your ultimate goal, then your breadth of knowledge would probably be limited so that you could master a particular skill.
There are many people that stop learning for various reasons. They may feel they lack the time, lack interest, or they miss the immediate gratification of other pursuits. Then there are some people that feel learning is not a noble pursuit if you are not already good. Have you ever heard someone say, “Why are you doing that? You will never be good at it.”
Learning and success go hand in hand. They are not separable. Everyone learns differently and at a different pace. No one can judge what the learning process looks like for you, except you. But it is important to continue learning. It is important to get out of your comfort zone and place yourself into a new learning environment from time to time.
The question I will leave you with today is, “Have you created a vision of what life long learning looks like to you?” If not, it would be a great exercise for this week.