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Expert of the Past
Imagine an archeologist, whose job it is to be an expert on the past, decides to stop learning about new discoveries. They might be brilliant and be able to tell you anything you want to know about archeology…until their information is wrong. How can it be wrong if they know what they know? It can be wrong if a new discovery alters something we previously knew.
Imagine you need to learn how to use Microsoft Excel for your new job, but the person who claims to be knowledgeable about the program is proficient in Excel 2013! (In case you’re curious, there have been 29 different versions of Excel, stretching from 1985 to the present day.) Like most software, if you’re not learning the current version, what you learn may already be outdated and not help you very much.
This happens all the time and in every industry.
Once you stop learning, you become less effective.
No matter how good you are or how much you currently know, there is one major flaw that can cause it all to come crumbling down in a way from which it’s hard to recover both your business and your credibility.
We all have flaws, that’s not a big deal. As a matter of fact, that’s what makes us who we are and gives us our personalities. It’s not only OK to be human, it’s highly recommended!
