No matter what your job is, you feel pressures to work faster, smarter, and better.
To stay competitive, you have to develop new capabilities to do more with less, reduce cycle time, improve processes, stay abreast of technology, launch programs, and devise new market strategies. If you don't develop, you fall behind. Development is not optional.

Here's 5 simple steps (taken from 'Development First' by David B. Peterson, Ph.D. & Mary Dee Hicks, Ph.D.) that can drive your development and establish a cycle of continuous learning:

1. Focus on priorities: Identify your critical issues and development objectives.
2. Implement something every day: Stretch your comfort zone.
3. Reflect on what happens: Extract maximum learning from your experiences.
4. Seek feedback and support: Learn from others' ideas and perspectives.
5. Transfer learning into next steps: Adapt and plan for continued learning.

Go through this cycle at least twice a year to always have an up-to-date status on where you're at and where you want to go.
Remember, you're never too old to learn!