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\u201cAs long as you’re green, you’re growing. As soon as you’re ripe, you start to rot.\u201d
— Ray Kroc<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Maintaining a teachable spirit is not so much about competence and mental capacity as it is about attitude. It is the desire to listen, learn, and apply. It is the hunger to discover and grow. It is the willingness to learn, unlearn, and relearn. At Atlas, we have made “Continuous Learning”<\/em> one of our core values. I constantly remind my team that if we stop learning, we stop leading. But if we remain teachable and keep learning, we will be able to keep making an impact as leaders. Whatever your talent happens to be \u2013 whether it\u2019s leadership, craftsman, entrepreneurship, sales, or something else \u2013 you will expand it if you keep expecting and striving to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you look for opportunities to learn in every situation, you will expand your talent to its potential. But you can also take another step beyond this and actively seek out and plan teachable moments. You do that by reading books, visiting things that inspire you, attending growth events for growth that prompt you to pursue change, and spending time with people who stretch you and expose you to new experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should be evaluating ourselves on a continual basis. Any time you face a challenge, loss, or problem, one of the first things you need to ask yourself is, \u201cAm I the cause?\u201d If the answer is yes, then you need to be ready to make changes. Recognizing your own part in your failings, seeking solutions (no matter how painful they are), and working hard to put them into place leads to the ability to change, grow, and move forward in life.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The secret to ANY person\u2019s success can be found in his or her daily agenda. People grow and improve, not by huge margin, but by small, incremental changes. Leverage this truth by learning something new every day. A single day is enough to make us a little bit better or a little bit worse. If we move just a little bit in the direction of growth every day, day upon day, there is great power for change! The same is true for regression! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEverything we know we learned from someone else!\u201d
— Coach John Wooden<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Ask yourself, \u201cAm I really teachable?\u201d<\/strong><\/em> All the good advice in the world won\u2019t help if you don\u2019t have a teachable spirit. To know whether you are really open to new ideas and new ways of doing things, ask yourself the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n