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They are relics of the past, proof positive that the business world we live and work in changes. At times seemingly overn…'</p> <hr /> <div>Remember dial telephones? Adding machines? Carbon paper? They are relics of the past, proof positive that the business world we live and work in changes. At times seemingly overnight. Office tools we were satisfied using lately are grossly outdated today. And - to no one's surprise - much of the knowledge we relied on yesterday is grossly outdated today. To keep up, ya gotta step up. Ya gotta keep on learnin'!<br /> <br /> Don't believe me? Here's why that's true. Let's say you're a trombone player in your high school's marching band, a band that's playing at some big school event. Homecoming, maybe. You and a hundred roughly of your best band buddies are marching in lock step formation along the football field. Got the picture?<br /> <br /> But, out of the blue, you select you don't want to march any more. So you stop. Suddenly. Abruptly. Right then and there. Smack dab in the middle of that thundering, music-making herd.<br /> <br /> What happens once you stop? One of two things. You'll either get trampled by the marching buddies behind you, or they'll step around you, passing you up. Either way, they'll soon be way before you. You're left standing there, not going anyplace. Got the picture? Not a very inviting one, is it?<br /> <br /> Yet that's just what happens when you stop learning. It happens in your career or profession, also it happens in your everyday life. While you choose to stand still, your world - family, friends as well as those you work with and work for - continue to move ahead. The only path you can avoid being left behind, the only path to keep up with them, is to turn into a lifelong learner.<br /> <br /> Yep, ya gotta keep learnin'!<br /> <br /> That learning doesn't have to be fancy, formal or expensive. 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