It’s been a big month for learning. My brain has been stretched with new knowledge. With 25 other Vistage chairs (www.vistage.com) who lead groups of business owners and CEO’s, I attended a 3-day seminar on what we can do to help business owners make tough decisions and even thrive in this economy. We were given a realistic scenario with several legal, financial and management challenges to solve and hard discussions to have with the fictional owner. Then, I then spent another 2 1/2 days at a Millionaire Idea weekend with 60 of the brightest speakers and business people of my trade association, National Speakers Association (www.nsaspeaker.org). Everyone was to bring an idea that had or could make a million dollars. There was much more shared than $60 million dollars worth of ideas.
My mind hurts. But know what? I am more competent and competitive with that time and money I invested. Education is just one more survival skill in today’s economy. When you become more competitive, you also become more valuable to your current employer, more attractive to a future employer and more helpful to clients.
What have you done in the last month to educate yourself and keep yourself current? How will that “stretching” help you in the future?
Journey On!
Linda
