LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Mahatma Gandhi

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

This idea of GROWTH is interesting to me. We're going to spend a few weeks talking about it, but personally I'm being challenged to not simply "be content" with where I'm at today. I want to always be growing and developing. What about you? To see past themes, visit my blog HERE.

I love this thought from Mahatma Gandhi because it's inspirational. I'm challenged to live my life as if it were my last day and I'm challenged to always be learning.

For anyone who feels "stuck", this is inspiration to get moving and Gandhi modeled this in that he was living for something much bigger than himself, and he was in a constant state of learning.

Gandhi says this of himself: "Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requiste for acquiring learning of any kind."

Do you get annoyed when someone keeps asking WHY?

Are you bothered when someone asks you to show them something?

Do you keep asking until you get a clear answer?

Sometimes I get frustrated when someone keeps asking me questions, and it's usually because of the space I'm in, not the person who is asking:

• I'm busy

• I'm distracted

• I'm focused

• I'm selfish

• I'm inpatient

Growth is good and I want to be better at helping people experience it and I want to contribute to others growth along the way!

When was the last time you found yourself frustrated by someones "why questions"? What was going on inside of you?

LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"Learn continually - there's always 'one more thing' to learn!" Steve Jobs

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

This idea of GROWTH is interesting to me. We're going to spend a few weeks talking about it, but personally I'm being challenged to not simply "be content" with where I'm at today. I want to always be growing and developing. What about you? To see past themes, visit my blog HERE.

Steve Jobs challenges us in the quote above to "learn continually", and while this is good and makes sense, to hear it from someone like Jobs who was so focused on innovation, we need to be reminded from time to time.

While Jobs may not have been the best leader at all times, he pushed his people to continually be learning, to be asking questions, to be approaching things from different perspectives, and to never settle for just "good". He was on a mission to create products that changed peoples lives, and he did this, over and over again.

We also saw Jobs "learn" along the way. He learned about his leadership, he learned about what worked and what didn't work, and he learned to trust people to help them pursue a compelling vision for his company.

I've read a number of Steve Jobs biographies over the years, and he did a great job of asking questions along the way, of surrounding himself with people who were smarter than him, and as technology changed, he changed.

I remember when I graduated from High School, I thought to myself, "I don't have to go to school anymore." It was now my choice to learn in a formal classroom or to be "done". I went to college...

I remember thinking at college graduation, "I don't have to go to school anymore. I'm done". Then I went to grad school...

I remember thinking when I finished my Masters, "I'm done learning. I have the degree". Then I kept learning through books, seminars, certifications, and all kinds of things....

Learning is a posture. It's not always tied to formal education, and I'm so thankful I went on to study and learn through a variety of methods and opportunities.

I am a life-long learner because it makes me a better leader and a better person.

How do you approach life-long learning?

LEADERSHIP QUOTE:

"Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but unlearning old limits." Alan Cohen

A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:

This idea of GROWTH is interesting to me. We're going to spend a few weeks talking about it, but personally I'm being challenged to not simply "be content" with where I'm at today. I want to always be growing and developing. What about you? To see past themes, visit my blog HERE.

When I saw this quote recently, I immediately resonated with it.

There are times that I want and need to grow, but I'm 100% limited by my habits, my past experiences and my unwillingness to let some things go.

The other day, I had to replace a headlight bulb on my car. I had replaced one years ago, and it was in a really awkward location, and I remembered how difficult it was.

I went out, and exactly as I did those years ago, I struggled to get it done, until about an hour into the project, I remembered what I had done before.

I quickly finished putting the bulb in and the truck back together.

I then pulled up a YouTube Video on the process, and the first thing the video said would have saved me an hour of work, and it was the thing I had figured out years ago.

I'm sure that never happens to you. I think if I do things the same way, I'll be able to figure them out. When will I learn? When will I remember?

Sometimes to move forward, we need to take a look back first.

How do lessons from your past help you with your future?