What have you learned today?
When I'd visit with Grandmother, she would like to ask, "what have you learned today?" She taught me to strive every day to learn something new. That's the recipe for fulfilling day - and a fulfilling life: staying curious. If you knew my Grandmother through until her final days - you saw her beautiful youthful spirit.
Her curiosity lives on in me, I think. I want to know everything. I want to learn everything and become better and smarter every day. In my spare time I love to read about my industry, and about leaders I respect. I enjoy reading about the latest and greatest successes and missteps and try to keep pace with continuous innovation.
If my grandmother asked what I'd learned today, I would tell her three things:
1. I found my female role model: Angela Ahrendts
2. I gained a deep admiration for Khan Academy and the transformative power of this educational format.
3. The future marketer will be: analytically driven, measurement-prediction pro, have a very deep understanding of social media, a storyteller with unwavering authenticity. Cool. Now how do I get there?
At LinkedIn, I'm surrounded by stunningly intelligent people which sets my expectations for myself. I can do it. My left brain might feel like a handycap but that makes it all the more satisfying to train and improve.
With that, I am making it my mission to learn Structured-Query Language. If I'm going to be a kickass data-guru Marketer - I'm going to lead with insights - and I'm going to get my SQL on.
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