Quest #2: 7 1/2 Habits of Successful Lifelong Learners

I think the easiest of the 7 1/2 Habits of Successful Lifelong Learners (7.5HSLL) for me is number two: accept responsibility for your own learning. I get bored very easily. In order to avoid this boredom, I find new things to explore. I am always looking for new things to do at the library by reading journals and being a member of several professional mailing lists. Recently, after a bout of boredom, I decided that it is time for me to re-learn Spanish. I think this will keep me occupied for quite a while!

The hardest of the 7.5HSLLs is number seven: Teach and Mentor others. Like the stereotypical librarian, I am shy and introverted. I have to make a special effort to share things with others. Once that effort is made, I have to make an even more special effort to maintain my patience while explaining things to others. I think this is the most important of the 7.5HSLLs that I have been and will continue (with renewed effort) to work on.

I believe that lifelong learning is a must in order to keep up with the world. My main goal in life is to never fall behind in developments in Libraries and in mainstream culture. One of the major issues in libraries today is that the institution has not adjusted to mainstream culture and is therefore losing its clientele. I consider it my job to make sure that libraries do not become an endangered and eventually extinct entity.