Lifelong learning 2

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime." Chinese Proverb

Lifelong learning 2
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The school of hard knocks:

Life long learning does not mean just learning in a institution.
There are people who graduated to a master or doctorate degree.
They may be smart enough having learned their way through ideas gleamed from university and slowly become experts in their fields.

They are also those who learned through a no books learning environment but through
knowledge from experience in their jobs.
They are able to adapt themselves to the process of learning in real life situations.
They innovate. They invent. They modify their skills through self study.

People like Steve Jobs and Richard Branson succeed through learning from failure.
Steve Jobs said in his own creative ways "Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?". You do not have to be in main stream of education in order to succeed as a entrepreneur.

Life long learners do not need an institution or school to be able to learn.
In the world of people who are willing to learn from their work place and colleagues:

"We are all learners; thus life is a community of learners, including workers, staff and administrators.
We are all lifelong learners; everyone should teach each other the process for lifelong learning by teaching them how to learn.
We are all coaches; thus we learn from each other and help others learn.
We are all colleagues and collaborators."

This is our motto in the world of the school of hard knocks.

"Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul."
Charles Buxton, author