Someone said to me once, “I’ve learned everything I’m going to and will not be changing so you need to like me as I am.”
When we stop self-development, future success will be stymied. This is true for an individual in his or her personal life and it also applies to one’s professional life. Every person you meet if you are a real estate agent or an insurance agent or whatever other profession you are engaged in, you will learn from them if you are open.
Learning must be a life-long passion if you want to be successful in a career. Corporations realize the importance of regularly training their employees and cross training them. The Continuing Education requirements for individuals involved in regulated industries have also realized the need for training and learning.
True, much of the learning is to keep abreast of the rules and regulations that change in the blink of an eye and with great frequency. But there is another reason for Continuing Education training. Sometimes we read the same information over and over and just do not get it or do not comprehend all the pieces of the puzzle.
Then the next time a light bulb goes off and we see something new and fresh and go out in the street to put it into action with clients. Learning is one thing but putting it into practice is the next level.
When you read the next set of continuing education hours, read and study it with application in mind. You want to be the real estate agent or the insurance agent who takes the relationship with a client to the next level of effectiveness. You can do that by being a perpetual seeker of knowledge, ideas and information and then pursue the most effective ways to apply it to every situation in your professional career.
Don’t forget to learn today!
