WORDS o f WISDOM 2025
Never stop learning.
“The person who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.”— Newton Baker
The kids are finally back at school; it's the beginning of another exciting year of learning. Our teachers have a big responsibility on their hands in preparing our children for their future. Talking to kids today, I sometimes get the sense that they are often too shy to ask a question that may seem silly because they're afraid of making a mistake. To them, it’s better to just “fit in and follow the rules.” It seems that many kids today will do anything to blend in and not stand out. Our teachers have this seemingly endless challenge of constantly getting our kids to think outside the box, to use initiative and logic instead of following a set of instructions with hard and fast rules. Keeping up with our rapidly changing world will require a generation of fast, intuitive thinkers who will be able to solve challenges long before they threaten our lifestyle, or even our very existence.
Harvard University recently did a study to find out what skills were used by the top 5% of business people in the U.S. that enabled them to
be the best in their field and achieve their goals. In fact, the top 5% collectively make more money than the other 95%. That’s quite a staggering statistic! It turns out that the top 5% do three things religiously:
1. They PLAN their day the night before.
2. They SOLVE their client’s pain.
3. They READ two books a month. Sounds simple enough, right?
Every month I have a company meeting to motivate and hopefully inspire my team. Over the past five years, I have encouraged my team to read just one book a month. I want them to get excited about the value of learning a new skill and how it will change their lives. Guess what happens? Only 5% of them will read the book. The rest will give me the “I don’t have time” excuse.
“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go.” — Dr. Seuss
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