I think that ignorance is failure. When I don’t know something, and it is used against me, it isn’t like I should always first say “I didn’t know that.” There are people that wait to use that line, but each time you use that line, you are letting people know you aren’t on the pro-active end of the equation. Instead of saying “I didn’t know that”, say “I should have known that and will take action to get more relevant learning in any topics I run across.” We have more than enough opportunity to get above average learning in numerous fields.

We sure do have access to a lot of knowledge, but very few make use of it, which is not so great for the general populace, but reduces competition for those few that make the effort to advance.

Big ups to Steven from Human Explosion Incorporated Association Conglomerate Corporation.

It sure does lead to a healthy lifestyle. I have read various articles about how educational level correlates to health. Now, there is also the factor of how better conditions for a person bring about both, so that has to be taken into account.

Also, doing tough questions or puzzles does a lot for your brain. It is worth it bigtime to keep doing puzzles or think hard. We usually leave it undone when we haven’t tested or such in a long time, but critical thinking skills help to put us way ahead of the competition.

Thanks for bringing up that point.

what do you think of the phrase “ignorance is bliss”? lol

I agree with you by the way on how knowledge is our best friend. The biggest asset for being a human being is having the ability to LEARN. With skills and knowledge anyone of us can pretty much do anything in the world. Unfortunately a good part of the world lack the resources that we have here in our developed countries.

We are lucky to be able to access almost limitless amount of information and knowledge even with just a few simply clicks on the web. I hope the world will one day equalize the power to access knowledge.

Thanks for this post and the reminder along with it Armen.

Steven

That is cool to hear. I haven’t heard that before about letting it go, but I get the concept behind it after some thought. I like how that sounds. You understand a tutorial or piece of information, and then don’t worry about knowing it, and follow it up with action that hopefully makes use of it. This sounds like the flow here, and reminds me of Tara’s book “The Flow: 40 Days To Total Life Transformation”.

Good material.

I sure would not discount the power of action. You are right about that point about what is debatable, as we sometimes wonder how much to get before we put out, but certainly some foundation-building is very handy.

Thanks about the post. It sure isn’t a good thing to justify action by saying that information is being gathered. There is a limit to how much is to be gathered before action, but there is also a certain amount to get before action to get a foundation set.

Your point about putting something off due to wanting more information is right though. Action shouldn’t be postponed because of lack of information, because that is a weak reason.

“Drop the manuals” could be Nike’s new slogan.

This response was to Brett, himself.

Love the post, but as a guy who loves taking action, you must know that we can’t justify inaction with “oh, I’m gathering information, so when I’ve learned everything I can act” as a backwards rationalization. We must know where to draw the line when it comes to gathering knowledge. That is, we have to be careful only to learn what we need in order to get the job done and then DO THE JOB, because the action is what counts. We try to put it off by saying, “Oh, I’m waiting until I know more about this topic,” but the truth is we’ll never know all there is to know about anything. At some point, we need to drop the manuals and books and just act.