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Our common understanding of education is going through school when we are young and finishing our grade school and then college. Once we get a job, we finally declare with relief that we are done with our education and we have learned it all. In essence implying that we can do anything, that’s ANYTHING.

Today’s quote attempts to throw this belief system out the window. Let’s see how…

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change” - Carl Rogers

Let’s think about this for a moment. Our current education system doesn’t prepare us to handle changes well. Also, times change. Life is full of changes and no matter how competent we are in doing something, until we learn to unlearn our old practices and relearn new practices in times of change, our education is not complete. Completing our traditional “education” let’s us become minimally competent at best in surviving in the marketplace. But is not the end game. We must continuously educate ourselves and force ourselves to change and adopt to changing situations.

Note:

Speaking about learning and changing, we would like to let our readers know about an upcoming event, a webinar. The topic is “Boomer Longevity and Careers”. If you are interested in learning more about how to take advantage and prepare yourself for the increased lifespan and what to do during these additional years of your life, this webinar may be worth checking out. Especially because you can attend it in the comfort of your home or office or wherever you are. It is being conducted by two great individuals. Catherine Kitcho (author of Happy About Being a Baby Boomer: Facing our newfound longevity) and Jacky Hood (author of Happy About Working to Stay Young: Expanded Careers for Boomers and Seniors). We recently published a fabulous interview with Catherine Kitcho on this blog. We will be publishing another fabulous interview with Jacky Hood very shortly. You can find more details about this webinar and learn about the bonus gifts you can get for signing up. Find out all about this webinar using this link.