[screwturner68]

As I get older (54) I figured out a couple of things, the first is obvious and especially true in our industry and that is you must constantly be learning. Personally I devote one hour a day during the work week to study a given topic that relates to my job -I do this on company time, since it relates to my job. It's amazing what a difference it's made in my career. The second thing is to constantly challenge your self to learn/do new things, in particular things that don't come natural to you -basically you are forcing the brain to do stuff it doesn't like and making it adapt. It's just like working out except for the brain, constantly testing ans trying the system over and over to stimulate growth.