Category: learning

Are you in the home business or contract business?

Some Realtors are in the home business. All Wisconsin Real Estate Licensees are in the contract business.  Maybe for most people the home business is more appealing than the contract business, but you may not do the home business long without learning and continuing to learn the contract aspects of the business.

Study Contracts at Harvard From Your Home  Online learning from the finest institutions in the world is an opportunity previous generations could not even imagine. Several years ago universities began experimenting with online learning by offering free courses to the world. They learned how to make on-line learning efficient and appealing.

Lawyers and will be law students are registered for the Contract Law Course at taught by a Harvard professor. I started the course on Friday. It’s a learning experience for me and I love the contract part of the business. I won’t finish with a degree, but I am learning, and that’s what I am after.

Would you rather learn or be trained?

Learning is what we do for ourselves. Training is done to us. Maybe that’s why learning opportunities promoted as training sessions are unfilled with experienced employees or professionals.  Continuing education isn’t a big draw either. Education is learning, but it’s not something people who have arrived agree they need. That’s why CE is mandatory and not voluntary.

A company with a culture that places high value on learning will attract learners. People who learn develop insights, skills, and wisdom they won’t get in training or Continuing Education.  Learners stay ahead of change. They embrace new technology if for no other reason than it’s something new to learn.

Would you prefer to be represented by a person who is continually learning, or one who just got  out of training, or attended mandatory continuing ed?