![]() I started learning again but this time from a new perspective. and never would be, even when things were going well and I was driving success. I refocused and realized that I wasn’t done learning, growing and changing. I lost view of the notion that I needed to continue to learn to continue to lead a successful organization. I was in a place where I felt like I knew what I was doing, and for a brief period, I was in a place where I felt invincible in my job. It boosted my ego, left people impressed with the work, and quickly put me in a position of leadership. This led to some initial success which lasted several years. This also meant the appropriate actions were also easy to identify. When I first started at the Chamber in Alpena, continual learning was not difficult because there was a lot to learn and a lot of obvious lessons. I did well for many years fighting those distractions and continued to learn but there was a brief period when I let that thought go. I did fine learning all through school but once out of school, continual learning was constantly being attacked by other distractions and responsibilities. I also identified a point in my life when I allowed a lapse in my belief that I should never stop learning. I’m at a conference while I write this and in thinking back about all the conferences I have attended I realize my ability to learn has grown, and my style of learning has changed. ![]() Even after he was well into his professional career in the arts, he still knew how important it was to continue to learn. It really stood out to me and sounded beautiful so I did some research and learned that until the end of his life, Michelangelo often used that phrase and talked about still being a student of the arts. The presenter at the seminar shared the quote “Ancora imparo” by Michelangelo (the artist, not the Ninja Turtle). I’ve always felt it was important to never stop learning by trying new things and to dig deeper into what I already know to learn it more fully. ![]()
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