I have been blessed to be curious about life since I was a child and retain a childlike enthusiasm to learn.

Have you ever watched a young child crouch down and stare into a garden border, for example? That is how I like to be. I don’t think you necessarily need to travel to learn, or even to go to college, just have that curiousity for life where you are. Having a childlike interest will keep you young.

Henry Ford said: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” Many of the greatest figures in history were self-taught: Winston Churchill certainly was.

I had a discussion on this very subject on another site recently and we came to the conclusion you start learning with your first breath and stop with your last.

Indeed, the older I get, the easier I learn. And I realise how little I know.

“In Western society, we often think of “learning” in very narrow terms: it’s what we do in school, and once we’ve got our college degree, the learning phase is over – it’s time to work.”

So sorry about it.

Cheers~

Mark

“Great post. We can’t be too afraid of making the wrong move or choice in life. If it happens to be a mistake, we just have to learn from it and move on. We have to learn how to take things in stride. If we’re so afraid of taking the leap, we’ll never amount to anything in life.”

I absolutely agree with you on the above statement. It’s puzzling how some people deem non-academic education as a complete waste of time and money, especially when it comes to attending workshops or seminars.

The only education they could come to terms with is academic education. To me, that’s extremely narrow-minded.

Most people have a mistaken view that the only way to the top of the corporate ladder is to upgrade themselves by acquiring an additional or higher academic qualification.

Although an additional or higher academic qualification may be good, it does not guarantee you the success or higher income you’re after.

Increasing your income has got nothing to do with academic qualifications, experience, luck, age and/or seniority in the company.

It’s all about creating value.

If you can’t provide the value your client or company desires, what good would it be even if you hold a Harvard MBA?

If you’d watched the reality show, The Apprentice, does Donald Trump always hire the candidate with the highest academic qualification or the most number of qualifications? No, he doesn’t. Period.

And in order to provide real value in the real world, there are many different skills one needs to acquire, such as selling skill, communication skill, presentation skill, marketing skill, public speaking skill, etc. Whatever it is, you need to commit yourself to learn it.

Cheers~

Mark

General learning is good up to a point, but learning about yourself is the most important knowledge you will acquire in life.

Through this self-learning towards knowledge of self one can realise their potential and be successful with anything life throws at you, as well as it being beneficial for your own personal growth.

I have written a post discussing the need for self-knowledge towards successful living:

http://www.knowledgereform.com/2009/09/14/self-knowledge-is-power-knowledge-of-self-towards-successful-living/

In conclusion: once should never stop learning in life, because if one says he knows everything then he is already six-feet under.