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Learning as a Way of Life
February 7, 2005
"If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the
other direction." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer in The Way to Freedom
Learning as a Way of
Life
Sharon Gilchrest O'Neil, writing in the January 2005 issue of Work and
Family Life ([email protected]) observes
that continuous learning is an attitude, a belief system, and ultimately, a
lifestyle we can choose. Here are some ideas she offered for getting started
on the road to continuous learning:
* Listen when you usually talk. Talk when you really have something to contribute.
* Always have two books in progress -- one on your vocation, another on an avocation
or interest.
* Design a learning plan for yourself. Make it an annual activity. Draw it,
chart it, hang it up -- do whatever works for you. Make your plan enjoyable.
If it's just hard work, you may procrastinate.
* Teach other people who you work with something that you have learned that
excites you.
* Learn exceptionally well the one thing you would choose if you were only allowed
to learn one new thing this year.
* Build a time for reflection, meditation or inquiry into every day. Make it
a time for mental, not physical, activity -- a time to step back and think about
thinking.
For more ideas on self development, check out the 20 articles in the Exchange
Articles on CD collection, "Avoiding Burnout" at:
http://mail.ccie.com/go/eed/0525
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