Yesterday I have started my course to become a legal motorcycle driver in Florida. I have been riding bikes in Italy for almost three decades but this is the first time I have to go through some formal education on the subject. Unfortunately or fortunately I could say my Italian bike driving license is not valid in the US therefore I have to take classes like any other newcomer.
Motorcycle riding is a passion, which is shared by women and men alike, whatever the age and the profession. Attending to the first class has been a very eye opening experience. For the first time somebody explained me some basic concepts on how you drive and steer a bike. This is the type of knowledge that can save your life when you have it and know how to apply it.
Yet I have been riding for all this time on any type of road and with many different types of bike without knowing it. I was one of the very many riders who learned by himself, by trial and error and some common sense.
Now I need to learn how to drive all over again, but in the right way and our instructor told us that people with no experience usually do better at the exam as compared to experienced people simply because the latter need to first cancel their previous “self training” before really developing the right skills.
So how about the wrong habits one develops in business and in cultivating relationships both in the real and the virtual worlds? The whole message I am giving here is that constant education is essential if you want to become a real pro and avoid the dangers down the road: it doesn’t matter if it is work or bike riding.
Roberto Mazzoni
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