I was recently challenged by these words; The day I stop growing is the day I stop living. For old people, it often happens that they stop growing when they lose their curiosity and no longer ask questions. They can think they know all there is to know.
John Maxwell said, “If experience is the best teacher, we would all be getting better the older we get. I know many people who are getting older but not getting better. It is EVALUATED experience that helps us get better, Reflection turns experience into insight. Don’t tell people what you have learned, make sure you tell them what you are doing with …
When I was twelve years old, my mother encouraged me to learn to play the piano. As it was something of a family tradition, I agreed to start taking weekly piano lessons with our church’s pianist. I soon realised that piano playing wasn’t going to come naturally to me and that my thirty-minute practice sessions after school each afternoon were the longest thirty minutes in my day.