Over the past five days I earned seven certifications through online courses, including Google, HubSpot, Semrush and Ahrefs. Some were brand new and some were renewals of things I'd already learned. The tools and best practices in our industry keep changing, and a certificate from a few years ago doesn't mean you're current today.
Graduating has never been the finish line. Whether it's school, a course, a workshop or a big milestone at work, it always marked a starting point. The same goes for our personal lives: how we eat, how we perform, how we lead, how we handle stress. There's always a better way to learn.
One of the best lessons I took from Jim Kwik's course is that learning is a skill, not a fixed trait. He was once called "the boy with the broken brain," and he went on to teach millions how to learn faster. Nobody is born a good learner. We get better by practising how we learn, not just what we learn.
In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition
If knowledge is power, then learning is your superpower. Keep using it, and keep on rising.
