Every Monday evening, I stay after work to attend class: Human Resource Management I. Besides learning about the Fair Labor Standards Act and CRA Title VII, I've learned that HR professionals are required to be re-certified every three years. Turns out that laws -- and consequently best practices -- change so quickly that practitioners constantly have to prove that they're at the top of their game (forgive the sports analogy, but Boston is getting whupped by Cleveland even as I type). Anyway, I really think the HR profession is on to something. Too often we tend to "rest on our laurels" and do things the way we always have. But nothing ever stays the same. Not in HR, not in counseling, and not in baseball. To be competitive -- make that, to excel -- in your career, you have to keep on learning. So listen to Nike. Just do it.