October 6, 2009 If You’re Not Growing, You Might As Well Get Going! Let’s talk professional development for a moment. This can be any or all of these: A computer course at your local community college A seminar on social networking A trade show with some education attached A course given by your industry’s trade association A class in your particular field given by a national association (i.e. marketing, sales, accounting, law, bookkeeping, education, etc.) A motivational seminar (ala Dale Carnegie or Jeffrey Gitomer) Additional degrees, such as Associates, Bachelors, Masters You might think that during a recession it is a bad time to be spending money on something that might or might…