Aspiring professionals know that all successful people are consistent learners; if you're constantly on a journey to acquire knowledge, you can’t go wrong.

Unfortunately, acquiring knowledge is time-consuming and many working people believe there is no time and no money to
pursue further learning. But they’re wrong.
Very wrong. What these people fail to realise is that studying 3-7 year programmes through universities are not the only type of learning you can do.

You can continue your education without breaking the bank or losing too much time.

1. Find a mentor
Mentors offer great guidance. Find someone who you admire and regularly ask them for advice.
If it makes you uncomfortable to ask ‘Will you mentor me?’ and you want to save that kind of proposal for your fiancé, send a one-on-one meeting request to a few leaders in your company and pick their brain. Have a list of really good questions. For example, you can ask them about their climb up the
corporate ladder, their regrets, pivotal moments in their career, and even how they spend their time outside work hours.

Creating any kind of relationship with them will be very beneficial to your career and industry knowledge.

2. Open a book

Even if it’s fiction, autobiographical, or a textbook, the genre doesn’t doesn’t matter.
There is something about immersing yourself into new worlds, new ideas, and even seeing new words that impact your intellectual capacity.
Even if it takes you 6-months to complete one book, you need only spurts of 5-10 min of reading at a time. It helps if you always
keep a book in your bag as you travel.

3. Do a personal project

It's a great source of learning to tackle something apart from your daily work tasks.
There are many wonderful apps you can download that allow you to learn stuff for free. From learning how to code to learning
a new language to general knowledge quizzes.
If that’s a little too trivial for you, start painting, join a weekly pottery class, or build a computer. YouTube has really great tutorials that you can just watch instead of watching Netflix. You see, pursuing a new skill doesn't have to break the bank.

4. Set up to receive news alerts
Set up an RSS feed or sign up to newsletters to receive the latest information in your industry. You can also subscribe to blogs or
websites run by leaders in your industry, and follow them on social media.
Going through your inbox on your morning commute or in bed at night allows you to get all the new and necessary information
you need.

5. Attend local events

This is a great way to get new information while expanding your network. You’ll meet new people who are dedicated to lifelong
learning as well. You’ll have lots in common and be able to swap ideas and news.
Even if you're quite the introvert, there's bound to be talks or pamphlets you can learn from if you're too polite to stealthily
eavesdrop on others' conversations.

6. Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you

Not only will they regularly discuss interesting things but spending time with people you admire will also help you to start
thinking the way they do. If you’re able to pick up on their patterns of thought, perhaps even the websites or events they frequent, you too can adopt their ‘learning
style.’
Perhaps you know someone or a group of people who are actually studying further; this would be a great opportunity to ask them about it and learn about the course work without offering up your hours in the lecture hall, studying or doing homework.

7. Online Learning

Besides making Wikipedia your home page, or going through a new Quora question every so often, you can actually enrol for a
short course from a reputable online institution and receive a certificate - and add it to your CV. There's a range of courses to
choose from and you can complete each assignment in your own time.
For those who have the time but not really any funds, you can convince your boss to pay for your next academic course. You'd be
surprised how many managers would love it if their employees would attend training courses.

Source www.m.careers24.com.ng/career-advice/career-growth/7-tips-to-further-your-education-when-you-dont-have-the-time-or-money-20160613

Nice points op!

Permit me to add a number 8

8. Meet, discuss and seek advice from those who have gone through same path as they can give you guidelines as to how to pull through in almost every circumstances.

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Interesting!!!