We cannot deny that education is important and useful. A good education is critical for navigating through today’s, often times, confusing world. A better quality education may spell the difference between more opportunities and missed opportunities. Education arms us with the knowledge and know-how, married with the know-who we will build and develop. Education helps eradicate ignorance, and the prejudices and discrimination that it breeds.
Book smart versus street smart: we need both to survive and thrive in today’s tumultuous and unpredictable conditions. Applied intelligence is the next big leap into the big time, where we learn from mistakes and harness our successes. Knowledge hoarded becomes useless, stuck, and diminishes through time. Knowledge spread and shared ensures longevity of thought, and allows it to evolve and be bountiful.
As leaders, we need to continually reinvent ourselves, by adding value to what we do. Whether we lead our people; resource, educate and develop them, we need to be mindful of the quality of instruction and influence we wield. Knowledge – the basis of education – is a double-edge sword. Like a surgeon’s scalpel, it can heal or kill. Learn. Constantly apply. Learning is an L-plate for learning!
That is why endurance sports are such a useful analogy for leadership, and learning. You have to learn to maximize your resources and optimize your natural talents to extend towards your potential. Leadership involves educating yourself on proper techniques, being mentally prepared, and feeding yourself a diet of nutritious thoughts and ideas. Go long, go far, and go the distance!
Reading is a precursor to gaining an education. You have to do your reading before you attempt your assignment in college and university. My recent reading diet yielded this interesting piece about swimming and lengthening your body fully, and leveraging it to get more speed.
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While searching the Internet for resources, I chanced upon a mention of our blog. The opening paragraph reads: ‘An education can only take a leader so far in life, though it never stands as a detriment. In order to succeed in positions where they must organize and guide other people, a multitude of different skills and qualities must first be honed. Fortunately, the Internet allows business types to network and share their experiences, insights, and observations into the do’s and do not’s of leadership. While the following blog posts are not the only worthwhile reads available for free online, they nevertheless provide an excellent foundation for those wanting to know more about how to better strengthen the necessary abilities and virtues to both obtain and maintain leadership positions.’
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