subject: How Can Continuing Education Help Advance Your Career And Better Your Life? [print this page] There have been very successful people who never obtained a high school diploma. Driven, ambitious, and relentless in their pursuit of their goals and dreams, they plowed through whatever obstacles stood in their way to achieve what they wanted most. And there have been people who had the same drive and never-say-die attitude who also had an education.
What do you want in life? Have you encountered opportunities you felt you couldn't take because you didn't have the right skills or education to take full advantage? Well, that's about to change. You, too, can overcome obstacles in your path to freedom and happiness by grabbing hold of the knowledge you need to succeed.
One of the tools in your arsenal of power is continuing education. From New York to Phoenix, continuing education courses are offered in many community colleges, high schools, and technology institutes as a way for anyone to put themselves in a better place. Whether you are trying to get your high school diploma or put yourself in a position to receive better pay or promotions, such classes are valuable.
Here's why:
Nothing remains static. Your job, technology, your dreams and desires - these are all subject to change with new information. For you to try to remain in a static place is a futile proposition, and rather than staying at your level forever, you'll either push to surge ahead or stand still and fall back. Consider medicine, for instance. With scientific breakthroughs on how to maintain health, treat disease effectively, and lift the human spirit towards a place of balance and joy, innovations and information constantly shift the framework of how doctors do things and our perceptions of the connection between the physical body and the mind. Imagine if you were trained as a doctor in Medieval times and could somehow live until today.
If you persisted in stubbornly holding onto the education you obtained back when evil spirits were held responsible for a toothache and that bleeding a patient with anemia was the best course, you'd be dangerous to your patients. While that is an exaggerated example, people who resist change or refuse to constantly seek new information about their chosen careers and professions still risk becoming obsolete and even dangerous to themselves and others.
Educating yourself throughout life will not only help you achieve your ambitions and goals, such education will enhance your enjoyment of the journey.
