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IF YOU THINK TRAINING IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE.

[Johannesburg, 10 December 2008] - At present, with the world economy in the state it is in, everyone is tightening their belts. Individuals are giving up luxuries and holiday plans. Companies are cancelling Christmas parties and projects are shelved for better days. It would be very easy to put training expenses in the “not-necessary-at-this-time” category; however, that would not be very wise.

Consider the following quote: “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation... We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” (Aristotle 384 BC - 322 BC)

Aristotle noticed that humans generally strive for excellence. The question was how to achieve it and until today, this question has not changed. Aristotle's conclusion was that excellence is only attained by training the mind, body and spirit. Even then, the greatest minds of the time recognised the value of training. Not all creatures have the ability to be trained. That ability is one of the traits that we use to determine intelligence and a higher level of consciousness. Humans excel at this ability. That is why we have survived through the ages while other species have become extinct.