Getting Paid To Learn

I wanted to learn to write steamier fiction.
I could have taken courses.
I could have asked an author buddy
to mentor me.

Instead, I subbed stories
to erotic romance publishers.
The steam wasn’t there
but the plot was.
A publisher contracted one of my stories
and my editor helped me up the heat level.
I got paid to learn.

Years ago,
I wanted to learn about franchising.
I had no franchise experience
but I had killer new business development skills.
One of the top quick service restaurant franchises
hired me to help them develop new products,
and they taught me about franchising.

Going back to school is great.
Taking night courses is great.

Getting PAID to learn is even better.
Odds are…
you can parlay the skills you have
into getting a job
to teach you the new skills you need.

BTW… one awesome benefit
to getting paid to learn
is that you are learning
from people who are also doing.
No airy fairy theory nonsense.