Becoming a good learner is essential in the world we live in today. Things change fast, and you need to upgrade yourself constantly to stay relevant. Being in the field of IT, I can really feel the pace of things. It seems like no week goes by without a new technology coming out. If I [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
One of the things I want to do this year is to learn to read faster. I’m a slow reader, therefore, I can’t finish as many books as I’d like to. Many successful people, however, are fast readers. Warren Buffett once said that it’s a huge advantage to be able to read fast. I’m not [ Read More ]
Categories: Learning
The more I learn about the lives of great people, the more I know that many of them are voracious readers. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are two contemporary examples. My favorite example, though, is Theodore Roosevelt (TR). While he was at the White House, TR read at least one book a day, even when [ Read More ]
Categories: Knowledge management, Learning
Why do people stop growing? One key reason, I believe, is that they stop taking on difficult challenges. They want to live a comfortable life without the hardships that come with difficult challenges. That, however, is a recipe for mediocrity. Doing that is a sure way to live an average life. I have often talked [ Read More ]
A few weeks ago, Bill Gates hosted an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) event at Reddit. While there were many questions asked and answered, here I’d like to focus on just one of them: Q: What do you do for fun? I find it hard to fathom how someone like you can just disconnect. Disconnect from the emails, [ Read More ]
Categories: Learning
We are still early in 2013, so it’s a good time to think about how to get the most out of this year. While there are several ways to do that, I’d like to focus on just one suggestion here: take a new challenge. Taking a new challenge is a good way to expand your [ Read More ]
