Hey Dan

The key to being successful is investment. Investing the resources to be good at something pays off in great rewards. I am surrounded by people who have natural talent and the opportunity to be successful. Most of them would fear competing with me for a job or promotion. This because I have always worked hard at learning everything I could.

In the last year, I have gotten out of the habit. I have stopped buy books on any computer subject I came across and reading them. In the last 6 months I not spent a single non work hour working on getting better at what I do.

This point was brought home to me while listening to one of the people I work with talk about how he got successful. He dedicated one hour for every 8 hours of paid work time to improving his skill set. He also saved one hour of salary each week for the same purpose. I would not want to compete with him for a job.

One hour a day, that is 5 hours a week. That is a single collage class or an hour of reading a night. One hour of salary a week, enough to buy a book a week or a class a quarter. Most of us could do that. Even if you could not afford the money, you can put in the time.

My goal is to resolve to get back into this habit.