Adopt these habits for learner’s mindset to constantly evolve for a better future

It is said that the most important investment in your life is the investment you make in educating yourself. Formal education is no doubt essential. However, US labor statistics indicate that around 43% of people do not end up working in their field of education. Formal education teaches you specific labor market-related skills, and these skills are fundamental for you to land a job. Professor Hanushek from Stanford University presented an interesting analysis of employment opportunities by age and education type. His analysis indicates that if you learn a specific set of skills through formal education, that has an 80% probability of landing a job. But what happens towards the mid and later stages of the career of such people if they do not work on learning broader competencies is that they are less likely to stay employed or grow in their careers. So the point to get that competitive advantage, one has to continuously learn and master the art of continuous learning to develop broader competence.

Sustainable competitive advantage depends on constantly seeking opportunities to build broader competence, work on building relationships, seek information, make sense of observations, and share ideas through intelligent use of new technologies, and all of this requires continuous learning.

Listed below are a few steps to help you become a continuous learner.