W.I.N. Wednesday: Are you keeping the fire kindled?

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

Plutarch

Stay curious.

Make it a ritual of committing at least 1% of every day (14 minutes and 24 seconds) to personal development and learning.

Do what works best for you, whether that is reading, listening, taking online courses or webinars, or attending in person courses. Do something that challenges you and that you enjoy so you will keep doing it.

Seek ways to discuss and debate what you are learning.

Be curious about what other people are learning.

Ask more questions, better questions, deeper questions.

Be challenged, not threatened, by opposing points of view.

Beware of the comparison trap. It does not matter how many books or research papers someone else has read. Stay the course, do what works for you and do a little, a lot.

It is ok to move on from a book or podcast that you are not enjoying and learning from. This is not to suggest that you walk away from everything that challenges the way you think. It means that your time is too valuable to invest in a book or podcast you are not enjoying as you are likely not learning from it anyways. Sometimes it is just not the right time, and you may find you go back to that book later and finish reading it. You also do not have to listen to every episode of your favorite podcasts. It is ok to pick and choose which ones you listen to.

It is ok to be reading multiple books and move between them based on how you are feeling at that moment.

The research is very clear that learning and neuroplasticity can happen throughout our entire life.

The research is also very clear on the benefits of an active mind and an active body.

What’s Important Now? Stay curious and keep the fire kindled.

Take care.

Brian Willis

www.lifesmostpowerfulquestion.com. 

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