Learning Doesn’t Collect Dust

[Craft - XVIII]

Pick the greatest from any field.
Stephen King.
Michael Jordan.
Stephen Hawking.
Alain Ducasse.

There's a shared quality in their relationship to their craft.

Excellence, sure.
Awards, of course.
Popularity, fine.

But in terms of their relationship to their craft, they all share(d) the insatiable drive for learning and growing.

Reaching the top of their field was not the end because getting to the top was never the goal. It was never about climbing. It was always about digging—digging so deep into their art, their craft, their vocation, their work, that they would push beyond what many considered the limit.

The work was never really about winning (and others loosing). It was about the process of getting better, discovering more, and expanding upon what was thought permanent.

Winning wears off.
Accolades get stale.
Trophies collect dust.

Learning and growing, however, renew every morning.