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Why study?
“Studying – the act of texting, eating and watching Netflix with an open textbook nearby” – that’s one definition at least!
Why study? Do I really need to?
An oft heard question targeted at a parent, from a challenging teenager perhaps?
Growing older, I’ve discovered that I love to study, i.e. “devoting time and attention to gain knowledge” – perhaps that is a more traditional definition!ย In fact, my penchant for both good books, research and news commentary have developed over the years into something akin to an addiction!ย Duolingo, online resources, daily reading and personal tuition have certainly all been extremely important for me right now, as I refresh my Dutch language skills.
So what are the fruits of study? What does it give us in our life – if anything? Why bother?
In my mind, there are many rewards. For example, I’d expect that that there will be an upside in all of following areas of our life, including….
Education, Knowledge, Understanding, Awareness, Influence, Perspective, Appreciation, Decision Making, Opportunities, Achievements and many, many more!
One key aspect of study, is discovery. New insights, new information, new inspiration, new strokes of ideas! Frequently referred to as “aha” moments. They can be magical, exciting and motivational.
My top tip – ๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐, ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ
Why not study? And yes – you really need to! Go on, pick up a new book today!
Opportunities
Its easy to feed the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and starve the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, a well known phrase, used frequently by legendary Management Consultant – Peter Drucker.
Reflecting this morning after another exceptionally busy week, I got to thinking about the phrase and my question is simply this…
Do you focus on your ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ or your ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
All week long I’ve been coaching or leading virtual group sessions on coaching for performance with managers from all over the world. I have learned that effective people are not problem minded, they are ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ minded. As a coach, working with lots of people, together we consider the present, but more importantly, I help each individual to look to their future.
Which leads to my second question…
What are you devoting your time and attention to?
My thoughts – stop feeding the problems and deal with them as best as you possibly can.
As you make your decisions in life, you will get most of them right, occasionally you may make a mistake, learn from it, put it behind you and move on.
Despite the challenges of today, my invitation is to look ahead to the future and all the bright opportunities that lie before you.
Open your eyes and see, they are all around you.