Building muscle

I have been working out since I was 14 years old. I have learned that the best way to build muscle is to constantly change your workout routine and to put stress on your body. Muscles can get used to routines and stressing them is what causes them to grow.

In thinking about this at the gym this morning I realized that Wisdom is the same way. We need to continue to have different experiences in order to grow as professionals. It is the difficult projects and situations where we learn the most. Experience can mean knowing what not to do as much as knowing what to do.

So, just like building muscle through changing our experiences we need to build our wisdom the same way. This means we need to continue to look for new challenges, change our roles and get out of our comfort zones.