365QOD- Day1330

Dead or Dumb

"In business if you stop learning something new you are dead.  If you are learning something new but not changing because of that information then you are dumb. "- Carissa Reiniger

The best work advice I ever got was on my first day at work.  I shared an office with a gentlemen whose name was Jim Allen and he said to me,"Don't go home until you have learned something new."  It was worth gold even though I did not fully appreciate its value initially.

That advice has served me well.  I have forced myself over time to keep learning.  With the opportunity to learn I have made changes to my thinking process and knowledge base.

I believe that Jim's words indirectly capture the first part of the quote.  If you stop learning you are dead.  You have become the stiff tree that does not bend and the first strong wind that comes along breaks you in half.

Second half of the quote is a new addition.  It is a in your face statement.  If you are learning BUT not benefiting from that learning then you are wasting time or just simply dumb to absorb it.  Either way you are going to be out of business pretty quick.

I believe that the only choice is to be Alive AND Smart. Learn new information and integrate it into your whole.  Periodically trim the old information and processes that no longer serve you or function the way that it should.

Today's question is:
"Are you learning and doing something with that information?"