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Leaders are Learners

April 14, 2009

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I’ve heard that leaders are learners. I will add to that….

We get so comfortable being who we are and doing what we are already so good at that we forget to intentionally learn. For myself, I am intentionally setting up the next three or four weeks as a rather intense period of self-education. I’ve picked a field in which I believe I will excel and I am forcing myself to develop the skills in that area.

Here are some thoughts:
•Learn something that is simply an extension of something at which you’re already good.
•Learn something that is transferrable from one location to another.
•Learn something that will still be important in ten years…. no matter where technology takes us. (Hint: Technology will never have your leadership, passion, and heart…)
•Learn something that will help make you the best at what you do.
•Learn something that is helpful to a wide swath of people.
•Learn something that makes your success imminent.

What are you learning?

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