Can I transform my skills and contribution?

Can I transform my skills and contribution?

Embrace learning to prepare for a future of opportunity, not limitations

There’s an old English saying that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. A Google search reveals that the phrase first came into use in 1636, adapted from The Book of Husbandry (1523) written by Sir Anthony Fitzherbert. He wrote about the difficulty of teaching an old dog a new skill. Similar observations have been made about humans for centuries.

But I think 2021 categorically proved Sir Anthony was wrong all those years ago. Instead, we saw many examples of people (and organisations and businesses) doing new things. These people and organisations transformed some aspects of what they were doing to stay relevant and improve. They learned new skills, saw things…