Health Care professionals are required to do Continuing Medical Education courses to maintain their licenses to practice. Teachers must also do continuing education each summer. My husband is an insurance agent, and he must save all of his continuing education certificates or he could lose his license. Hmmm, do we see a pattern here? If all of these professional fields require additional training, why do most people assume they do not need to improve themselves?
My daddy often says, "Parenting is the easiest job to get, and the hardest one to do well."
I am sure that is not in reference to my childhood at all--my sister was the difficult one! (smile)
I think that parents and business owners should also have to work on ways to be better at what they do! The Bible in the book of Proverbs even says, "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it costs all you have, get understanding." I was once doing a Bible study written by Beth Moore, and she said something like there are two ways to gain knowledge: one is to gain wisdom by experience and the other is to gain wisdom by the experience of others. Much of the knowledge I've gained has come the hard way of learning by my experience in making poor choices and walking through hard circumstances. I'd MUCH RATHER learn from someone else's experience!!! So, I highly recommend reading and reading A LOT to better yourself!!
Everyone can improve! What areas would you like to improve for yourself? Do you want to be a better mom or dad? Do you want to be a better volunteer? Do you want to run your business better or encourage your co-workers more? Seek out literature and training classes that can help you!
Here are a few you might look in to:
Bible Study Fellowship www.bsfinternational.org
www.mlmblog.net for NWM tips and tools
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership by Steve Farber
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey
The Richest Man in Babylonia
Anything by James Dobson on parenting
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiwosaki
