“I am still learning.”
—Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, 14th Century Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
Image from Unsplash By Grant Whitty
Michelangelo was born in 1475 and died in 1564. His longevity would be remarkable even today, with the average life expectancy of a man being somewhere between 78 and 83.
Perhaps it was his Mediterranean diet or disciplined exercise efforts that added those extra years. My guess would definitely include his industrious spirit and his desire for continuous learning.
His Sistine Chapel ceiling was completed between 1508 and 1512, and the Rondanini Pieta sculpture was produced in the year of his passing.
EXERCISE:
How strong is your desire to learn and grow? Where might exercising your learning muscles add more years to your life and life in your years? How does and can the pursuit of learning make your life a more beautiful work of art?
I am grateful that I learn something every day – whether intentionally or not. Change happens so fast now, as a consultant and service provider, if I don’t keep up, I’ll be irrelevant in no time!
One thing I really enjoy is social media in the context that so many ideas and information is freely shared that it’s easy to learn – sometimes continuously!