Why Continuous Learning is Key to Success: Tools to Keep You at the Top
Let’s chat about something that had been a game changer in my life and career: continuous learning. I feel that we must upgrade our skill sets for us to not just survive but thrive through this thing called life. And trust me, it isn’t all about climbing up the career ladder alone but also about staying relevant, agile and above all fulfilled.
Long gone are the days in which a single degree or having static skill sets was enough. The world is changing at a positively insane pace, and in order to keep up our learning has to be a constant process.
But here’s the tickler — not all of us have our luxury of time and money to go back to school or enroll in expensive courses. What is the solution?
The answer lies in finding smart, flexible and affordable ways to learn. And that is where the online learning platforms step in. They are a goldmine for anybody looking to pick up new skills or wanting to deepen existing ones, all from the comfort of our homes or cafes, or wherever we find ourselves.
On some recent occasion, I stumbled upon something that I think you’d find pretty interesting. It’s this offer on Gumroad for LinkedIn Learning courses. Yes, LinkedIn Learning — that platform with thousands of courses taught by industry experts in business, technology, creative skills, you name it.
The price was $100 and it seemed kind of pricey till I realized that it was literally any course I wanted and was all access for an entire year.
I was shocked and happily threw down my debit card.
A simple $100 purchase with unlimited access to any one of these courses and certification programs. No joke. We’re talking about being able to reach into a library of education for less than what most of us spend in a month on crappy coffee.
Why does this get me so excited? Because it implies an opportunity for each single one of us to learn from the best in this business without each one of us having to break one’s bank. Whether it’s upskilling for a current job, discovering a new career path or just following a personal passion, this kind of access is a game changer.
So if you are like me — always on a hunt for precisely the kind of valuable yet cost-effective ways to keep learning and growing — you might want to check this out. Deals like these hardly come by often and it’s opportunities like these that keep us ahead — both in our professional, as well as personal domain.
Because in a world that never stops changing, the best investment we can make is in ourselves.
Let’s keep learning and growing and pushing the boundaries of what we can achieve.
