To be a leader is to be a lifelong learner.
We should never stop learning. This morning, I ran into a lady who knew quite a bit about natural remedies and healthy living. I know very little about any of that, so I had a lengthy conversation with her, soaking up every bit of information I could get. Natural remedies don’t have much to do with leadership, but you never know when that kind of information will come in handy, or who I can introduce to my new friend who can use that kind of information.
We need to seek learning experiences.
We shouldn’t just wait for them to happen. The world is full of learning experiences waiting to happen. They come in all forms, from books and magazines to a planned lunch with an expert in a certain field. This is the information age, and there’s no end to the things we can learn if we just put our minds to it.
We can’t be an expert in every field, but a general knowledge over a broad range of fields opens up our ability to make better decisions, communicate better, and be better stewards of our world.
Last year, I didn’t read as much as I should have. I didn’t deliberately seek out learning experiences. As a result, I had trouble growing.
This year, I resolve to Learn everything that I can. I pray that God will show me to good learning experiences, put people in my path that I can learn from, and give me the patience and good sense to learn from them when He does.
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders Today,
Matt
