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From the Roundtable
By Joe Price, CAMEx, CCAM
This edition of Vision Magazine focuses on “Lifelong Learning.” So, what exactly does lifelong learning mean? Don’t we all learn our entire life and hopefully from our positive experiences as well as our challenging ones?
It is generally regarded that lifelong learning is self-motivated, informal, voluntary, and based on personal interests. Examples of lifelong learning could be anything from learning to play an instrument, taking part in an online skills course, or even enrolling in a re-training program. Most of the time, the term refers to learning taking place outside a formal educational institute, such as a school, university, or corporate training.
Lifelong learning is said to be good for your brain, mental well-being, and self-esteem. Continued education can lead to beneficial career advancements. Taking new classes will help you gain practical skills.
So why is it that not everyone has a lifelong learning mindset? To be a lifelong learner, you need to possess the desire to develop your knowledge and skills beyond formal education and focus on continuing to grow at any stage in life, which gives you that mindset of lifelong personal growth.
For many, the learning barriers caused by various factors keep people from joining the mindset. Some are external: tight schedules, too much work, or lack of available materials or technologies, for example. Others are internal and originate in people’s preexisting experiences, emotions, or mindsets. Often internal and external factors join forces and become the excuse for not having the lifelong learner mindset.
The great thing about CACM is that it is developed for the lifelong learner. CACM’s programs provide easy access to additional education offered through multiple mediums. Whether it be a Zoom class, in-person, onsite, or virtual opportunity, continuing education is available for those with a lifelong learning desire. Even this issue provides such opportunities, with article topics such as mentoring, seeing challenges and failures as growth opportunities, time management hacks, tips on climbing the HOA corporate ladder, and developing a mastermind group to propel your career forward.
So, embrace the journey, trust the process, and never stop learning!
CACM Board Chair
Powerstone Property Management, ACMC
