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What is your Personal Development System?
“What Course Should I Follow?”
I often get asked the question above by starting growth hackers or marketers.
I fully understand the question: you are getting started and you just want to figure out how to take that next step. However, my answer to that question is constantly changing; what was the most relevant course a year ago could be long outdated by now. I fear that by just naming a course and sending that eager student on their way I would be doing them a huge injustice.
Thus, I can’t help but wonder, shouldn’t the question instead be:
What is your system for personal development?
What I mean by this is:
How do you stay up to date with the ever-changing industry?
With the answer to that question, I can help them get much further. You see, for many industries, the pace and the knowledge we need is ever increasing. Learning no longer ends when you leave school or university, it has only just started. Thus to keep up, you are better off trying to figure out how you will stay on track with learning, rather than which course to randomly follow this weekend.
