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When was the last time you did something for the first time?
If you had to think for a few seconds to answer, you must be getting better....
The automatic answer should be.
THE EFFORT OF LEARNING NEW THINGS
Some people think that studying and learning new things until the age of 40 is already an important effort, an effort that is worth it.
But the reality is that it is not quite like that.
For me the mistake is that there is not, you should not have, an age limit to learn new things.
You can be learning new things PERMANENTLY, well beyond the age of 40.
You MUST be learning new things permanently.
At work or in your personal life, it doesn't matter.
I myself, for example, learned to scuba dive at the age of 50 (when others start to quit),
Or I have learned to design webs (ok, very basic, but there they are!), after 58 years old.
But right now I'm still learning new things....
And not even my 35 years of experience managing commercial teams with a more than remarkable success, are an impediment to understand that selling in the digital world is different from doing it in the physical world.
New rules, new processes, new approaches... Well, I must admit that I am an apprentice, yes, with great honor!
AN APPRENTICE OF EVERYTHING?
My father used to say to me:
"Apprentice of everything, master of nothing".
You can be an all-rounder and also a master of a few things....
The secret to always be learning, to always be doing something for the first time, lies in:
1.- being curious, insanely curious....
2.- being honest enough with yourself.
You must recognize that you know almost nothing about some subjects you care about, and that you must start as a beginner. Without complexes.
3.- not to be afraid of mistakes or ridicule.
It does not matter how much experience you have.
When you start in something new, of which you had no idea, you are going to make mistakes.
And, as you gain experience in life, you begin to understand much better the saying that
"In life there are successes and there are learnings".
A different question is that the experience you gain will allow you to learn more quickly.
The more experience you accumulate,
the greater your ability to recognize your ignorance,
and the less fear of error,
the easier it will be for you to do things for the first time,
and learn to do them well.
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
And that - I know what I'm talking about - is going to keep you with an energetic, almost defiant, attitude in the face of new challenges:
"I've got nothing serious to lose - let's give it a try!“
And the thing is: if you want to get different results, you're going to have to do something different.
So, when was the last time you did something for the first time?
And you, watcha gonna do about it?
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