Continuous learning might be the reason you’re stuck.
I’ve seen it time and time again as a product manager and a career coach.
As a product manager, I’ve seen companies invest significant time and resource to experiment and learn new things. Yet, their competition somehow outpaces them and they’re left unsure how they lost their edge.
As a career coach, I’ve seen hundreds of professionals engage in dozens of trainings, pursuing certifications and joining workshops. But, for whatever reason, they’re still in the same job they’ve been in for the past few years with no sign of advancement in any sense of the word.
Why does this happen?
Because as valuable as learning is, it’s also one of the easiest ways to procrastinate. It’s extremely easy to say, “let’s make sure we have the all the data we need” or “I need to learn this first if I want to succeed” and inadvertently take it too far.
The truth is, time moves forward with or without you. It won’t wait around for you to be ready. That “perfect time” may never come. You learning new thing after new thing is a moot point if you never go out, take a risk, and claim that opportunity.
Don’t get me wrong, continuous learning is a good thing. But, too much of a good thing is always a bad thing; at some point, the learning needs to take a backseat and action needs to take the wheel.
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