I have seen many cases where a company outgrows people. Perhaps this is because I have always been involved in growth businesses or perhaps because I have always been in the technology business which is naturally high change.
Change is inevitable and therefore people need to adapt. I have long believed that proper adaptation or the "right" changes can be studied and learned.
Change is inevitable and therefore people need to adapt. I have long believed that proper adaptation or the "right" changes can be studied and learned.
I have constantly set myself with the challenge of "what do I need to know" and "what will I need to learn". I then devise learning programs around it. For me, much of the studying is reading books but some is setting myself with the question and then I find that material I feed myself becomes relevant - eg - the article a friend forwards hits home or a passage in a book triggers a thought pattern.
People often ask me how I managed to run a start up from the trunk of my car and also a Billion $ plus business. For me, it was this deliberate study.
I am a life long learner.
I am a life long learner.
Hi Jim,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this article - very unique way of looking at career transitioning. I will continue to follow your blog!
Thanks,
Michelle - Career Edge Organization
www.careeredge.ca/CEOblog
You're dead on. I'm amazed that most people cease educating themselves after college...or better said, most people never educate themselves since the people who stop growing post-college, probably weren't growing much in college.
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