Life is the continuous accumulation of experiences and the application of these experiences when you are faced with new challenges. I am quickly learning this at my new job. I am not going to become a principal owner in one month, not one year and not even five years. In order to more fully develop and become proficient in a trade or profession you must work at it daily.
In this digital age of instant downloads, automatic paring, and seamless connections we have to take time to develop other aspects of our mind and skill set.
It can be so tempting to quickly hop from one task to the next trying to check items off your to do list. However if the time is never taken to learn how to do them correctly the first time around you may never be able to progress in your knowledge base for that particular subject. We must ask questions of ourselves, of the process and even of our mentors. Maybe the procedure can be improved upon, maybe they were taught incorrectly, maybe you still don't understand fundamental concepts upon which your major was based. And that's okay, if you never ask then you will never know and you will never improve.
I challenge you to ask questions in your job. It may be seemingly mundane or simple or very engaging and complex but you will never get better if you do not ask: Why?
In this digital age of instant downloads, automatic paring, and seamless connections we have to take time to develop other aspects of our mind and skill set.
It can be so tempting to quickly hop from one task to the next trying to check items off your to do list. However if the time is never taken to learn how to do them correctly the first time around you may never be able to progress in your knowledge base for that particular subject. We must ask questions of ourselves, of the process and even of our mentors. Maybe the procedure can be improved upon, maybe they were taught incorrectly, maybe you still don't understand fundamental concepts upon which your major was based. And that's okay, if you never ask then you will never know and you will never improve.
I challenge you to ask questions in your job. It may be seemingly mundane or simple or very engaging and complex but you will never get better if you do not ask: Why?
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