{"id":2172,"date":"2006-08-10T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/08\/10\/procurement-elearning-in-1937\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T11:03:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:03:23","slug":"procurement-elearning-in-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-elearning-in-1937\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement eLearning in 1937?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who know me know that I am passionate about the fact that successfully completing an eLearning course communicates so much more about a procurement professional than getting through a traditional purchasing seminar.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Look, anyone can veg out and sit through a 7-hour live session with absolutely no accountability for learning. That\u2019s not the case with eLearning.<\/p>\n<p>eLearning requires self-discipline. Successfully completing an eLearning course communicates that you are committed to success and know how to budget your time appropriately. And that purchasing certificate you get from us? It means that your knowledge was tested and you really did learn from our purchasing training.<\/p>\n<p>Though eLearning wasn\u2019t around in 1937 when Napoleon Hill wrote his famous book, \u201cThink and Grow Rich.\u201d But there is an excerpt that echoes the above thoughts on the impressiveness of the self-discipline required to complete a self-study program, as compared to traditional training:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price\u2026It\u2026is one of the major reasons why employers give greater consideration to employees who take home study courses. They have learned from experience that any person who has the ambition to give up a part of his spare time to studying at home has in him those qualities which make for leadership.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition! People, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time to provide for home study seldom remain at the bottom for very long. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sienagolfclub.com\/ambien\/\">https:\/\/www.sienagolfclub.com<\/a>)  Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe home study method of training is especially suited to the needs of employed people who find, after leaving school, that they must acquire additional specialized knowlege, but cannot spare the time to go back to school.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Mr. Hill!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/purchasing-supply-management-podcasts\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cPurchasing &amp; Supply Management Podcasts\u201d (Edit)\">Purchasing &amp; Supply Management Podcasts<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/vp-of-purchasing-job\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cVP of Purchasing Job\u201d (Edit)\">VP of Purchasing Job<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/government-procurement-ethics-the-slammer\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cGovernment Procurement Ethics &amp; The Slammer\u201d (Edit)\">Government Procurement Ethics &amp; The Slammer<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/price-forecasting-in-purchasing\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cPrice Forecasting In Purchasing\u201d (Edit)\">Price Forecasting In Purchasing<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-purchasing-tomatoes\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cThe Purchasing \u201cTomatoes?\u201d\u201d (Edit)\">The Purchasing \u201cTomatoes?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who know me know that I am passionate about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Procurement eLearning in 1937? 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