 Hi, welcome to Seymour's world commentary. I'm going to ask you a question and you're going to form an answer in your head No one else will be able to see your answer. So for your own sake be brutally honest Here is the question. Are you still learning? Most people have a bad answer to this question. Of course, I am great Now prove it. In your own mind picture something you are doing this week simply so you can learn or Think about how you approach your career or your personal life in a manner that enables you to consistently stretch your boundaries Wait Give me a minute before you do that. Some people have wonderful answers to such questions They are perpetually curious and intellectually energetic Give them a chance to attend a lecture or visit a lab and they jump at it but Plenty of us have grown set in our ways and truly dull. I don't just mean boring I mean the opposite of mentally sharp Do you sometimes argue a point of view without doing any research or even even having a modest grasp of the actual facts or considering the alternatives Do you read the same newspaper or listen to the same radio host and Generally ignore every opportunity to gain knowledge or insight and that my friends could be the best case scenario If you still want to learn you have to act that way You must take the initiative Shake up your routine and even miss a few meals. That's really for me You must develop the habit of forming an opinion about an event after the event not before it We know certain aspects of ourselves Other aspects there yet to be discovered We refuse to remain how we are and we do not easily accept who we are now By trying to change we learn we get to know ourselves much better The more we strive to change the more we understand ourselves our needs our imperfections Strengths and weaknesses and much much more. Here's a novel idea Let's stop pretending to be the expert and start craving opportunities to learn Okay, now you can answer the question. Are you still learning? Thank you for watching Seymour's World Commentary on Think Tech Hawaii. Please send me your comments Aloha