Lessons I'm Still Learning.
Thirty years of experience doesn't mean you've figured it all out. It means you've seen enough to know there is still a lot to learn.
Experience is only the beginning.
Experience gives you something to look back on. Reflection helps you understand what happened. Patterns begin to emerge.
Perspective changes what you thought you knew. Choice is what you do with that understanding. Action is what makes it real.
Some lessons don't arrive once.
They show up again and again — in different rooms, with different people, at different stages of life.
Listen before assuming you know.
There is usually more to the conversation than the part you first hear.
Adapt.
The world doesn't owe you your preferred way of doing things.
Empathise.
Your lens isn't the only lens in the room.
Build relationships before you need them.
The strongest bridges are usually built long before you need to cross them.
Be grateful.
Not as an occasional exercise. As an attitude.
Ask for help.
Knowing you don't know is strength.
Stay humble.
Thirty years of experience doesn't mean you've figured it all out.
Keep learning.
The older I get, the more I realise how much I still have to learn.
Not answers. Observations.
Stories, experiences, patterns and reflections from work, leadership, relationships, decisions and the moments when something important is about to change.
Sometimes I'll be certain. Sometimes I'll be questioning what I thought I knew. That's the point.
This is thinking out loud.
Look again.
- What did I assume?
- What actually happened?
- What did I miss?
- What does the pattern tell me?
- What might I see differently now?
- What will I do differently next time?
“The older I get, the more I realise… I have a lot to learn.”