 Passionate
for Continuous Learning
I
am sometimes asked, ‘Where did you go to school
and what did you study?’
I graduated from Brown University in 1979 with a degree
in International Political History. But my education
only began there.
In the years since graduation, I have continued learning
through a wide range of personal and professional workshops.
Here are a few of the highlights:
I attended The Sage Experience with Brandon Saint John,
est by Werner Erhard, the Loving Relationships Training
with Sondra Ray, DMA (based on The Path of Least
Resistance by Robert Fritz) and The Seven Habits
Course by Steven Covey.
I participated in the Hoffman Quadrinity Process, the
Landmark Forum and their Advanced Course, and three
courses of Harry Palmer’s Avatar training in Asia,
Europe and the United States.
I became a licensed bodywork therapist in Sacramento,
studied leadership with Marshall Thurber, conscious
breath work with Leonard Orr, neurolinguistics with
Tony Robbins, Rich Dad Investing with Robert Kiyosaki,
internet marketing with Tom Antion and Wealth Dynamics
with Roger Hamilton.
I was a client for three months with Dale Carnegie,
eight months with E-Myth author Michael Gerber,
studied one year in Peter Montoya’s Personal Branding
University and five glorious years in the Ontological
Design Course with Dr. Fernando Flores.
I’ve attended industry conferences in training
and customer service, conventions and workshops in professional
speaking and listened to countless recordings of keynote
presentations, single-topic seminars and weekend workshops.
Even today I continue to learn through coaching sessions
in presentation skills, public relations, business planning
and website design – and through active participation
in three different communities of personal and professional
learning.
I don’t tell you this to brag or to confirm your
suspicion that I am still very much a ‘work in
progress’. Rather, I seek to encourage you
to be absolutely passionate in your life for
a wide-ranging course of ambitious, continuous and enthusiastic
learning.
Whether through books, tapes, coaching and classes,
seminars, workshops or conventions, personal reflection
or shared exploration, now is the time to keep
your mind alert, your body growing, your heart wide
open and your horizons of life expanding.
Key Learning Point
The passionate pursuit
of continuous learning is an essential element for your
continued success.
Action Steps
Commit today to learn
something new, or something more, to keep yourself moving
forward. It can be growth stocks or gardening, technical
skills or tantra, relationships or real estate, negotiations,
neural networks or knitting. Whatever it is and however
you do it, take action to keep on learning!
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