Have you seen a tree become worried about its leaves falling off that it stops producing leaves?

Sometimes, when we are put in positions where we urgently need to cut down on our activities in order to create more time for other things, we're tempted to take out the core things that sustains the rest.

One common example is when people cut down on their development (learning activities like reading and listening to podcasts) for executional activities. Now don't get me wrong, there are phases in life that require high volume execution. But remember that information is the soil on which things are built.

Some people are working hard but with the wrong or worse still, outdated information. We live in an age where knowledge is mass-produced and most of which becomes irrelevant the moment they hit the mainstream media.

Don't expect to build relevant things with outdated tools. Grow at all cost.