Today I want to talk about the value of being intentional about your personal growth and development.
You know, oftentimes when we reach certain milestones, we feel like that gives us permission to stop learning. But we need to stay committed to learning and personal development.
For example, you need to devote thirty minutes or an hour each day to be intentional about your personal growth and development.
You may listen to a YouTube video, a podcast, or read a book, but do something daily to continue to hone your skills.
You know, I read about Warren Buffett, the multibillionaire, and he says he reads about five hundred pages each day to continue to hone his skills.
He believes that this reading and thinking has helped to give him a competitive advantage, and he says that is how knowledge works.
I read a story recently about a man who had a squeak in the planks of his hardwood floor.
And every time he stepped on that floor, the plank would make a noise.
He finally got tired of it, and so he had a carpenter come to fix the plank. The carpenter fixed it, and it took him literally less than one minute.
The man was excited when he stepped on the hardwood, and it didn’t make a noise.
The carpenter then handed him his bill.
And when he handed him the bill, the man looked at it and said, “You charged me a hundred dollars, and it took you less than sixty seconds to fix that plank?”
The carpenter replied, “Yes, it was one dollar for the nail and ninety-nine dollars for knowing where to put the nail.”
And so I want you to understand that knowledge is powerful, and we all need to continue to hone our skills, whether we are a physician, an accountant, a carpenter, or an executive.
Because in the end, it will pay off.