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Once...** *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [reflections](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/reflections) ![Why professional development should be in your 2020 New Year's resolutions](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/photo-of-2020-on-pink-background-3401900-615x220.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management) ## [Why professional development should be in your 2020 New Year's resolutions](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/professional-development-resolution-2020) #### Henry Ford is credited as once saying: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. 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