If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I would spend six of them sharpening the axe. Today, wealth is contained in brain power. The rate at which organizations learn may become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage. The message for the smart worker is to learn as much as you can, about as much as you can, as fast as you can, and increase your value to your employer, as well as your own career marketability. There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.
Perfect practice makes perfect.
Through action you create your own education. There is no guarantee of reaching a goal at a certain time, but ther is a guarantee of never attaining goals that are never set. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing the same way but expecting a different result. Tell them what you want them to achieve and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.