“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
~Derek Bok, Harvard educator~
No matter how one spins the effects of the economic climate, one constant remains: the few people with a great attitude or an outstanding skill base can get to hold onto their jobs, while the marginally efficient workers can get their pink slips without a blink.
Education and a hunger to learn will put you in the running for the best jobs and best entrepreneurial options. We have libraries, we have the Internet, and we have a plethora of in-house and societal seminars/workshops to upgrade our skills and knowledge.
Yet how many people wile away their free time multi-tasking escape activities such as watching TV, email messaging, reading vacuous comics, listening to deafening music, or just sleeping away the hours, days and years?
One bad habit repeated over and over again can put you on the operation table for open heart surgery or on redundancy avenue in your workplace. You can’t be faked out by the short-term feeling of invulnerability.
The man who eats a Snickers Bar every day for thirty years may at first only get a sugar high. But down the road he will deal with heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and perpetual drowsiness. The smoker will run marathons in his twenties but by the time he is in his forties will be wheezing, suffering from chronic bronchitis, or more likely knocking on death’s door.
In the same manner, a man who doesn’t read the book, attend the seminar, or in general upgrade his skills will find himself left behind or left out in the workplace. He may claim it is unfair that he gets laid off, but the years of bad habits and perpetual intellectual laziness are his responsibility alone.
Our results in life are usually very scientifically predictable. That is either good and bad news depending on our willingness to change and shape up.
Start a daily plan of education. Make it as habitual as eating breakfast or brushing your teeth. At the end of the day ask yourself: What have I learned today? What have I accomplished? What do I want to learn and accomplish tomorrow?
In many super successful people’s houses, the most important room is the library, not the entertainment room. And the library – believe it or not – is often filled with books read rather than those pretentiously displayed .
I was never a fan of our former President, George W. Bush, but I knew that he was not stupid, as many people claimed between snickers. You don’t become President by being a stupid oaf or even by being the son of a President. It recently was revealed that President Bushwas an avid reader and had plowed through over 185 books in less than two years.
Never underestimate a man or woman who reads and challenges his mind in many subtle ways. Such a lifetime habit will bring infinite joy and breakthroughs which are clearly attributed to the ritual of making education a daily part of ones life.
Always be extremely vigilant over the gateway to your mind. Your destiny is in your hands. Everyday use all your senses to soak in the sensations and information essential for your spiritual and financial prosperity.
Most information is – in our cyber-connected world – free of charge. Further down the road, however, being intellectually bankrupt will cost you dearly.
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