Do you read a lot? Listen to tapes a lot? Go to seminars a lot? Study a lot?
Are you someone who seeks to acquire knowledge more than someone who seeks to really learn? Acquiring knowledge, while a good thing, is still a push structure because you’re primarily in the acquisition-of-external information mode.
Learning is quite different. Learning doesn’t require just external information (although information does help in the true learning process). This learning is the ability to observe, be influenced by your environment (others, events, physical environment), and evolve as a result, instead of just “knowing” more.
When your behavior changes, you’re happier, your life gets a whole lot easier, and you’re learning. If you use this approach, you’ll learn what matters and have a natural learning system, instead of thinking that what you need can be reached with just books and tapes. Books and tapes are great, so use them as a springboard for learning.
Carpe diem,
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Just because something is inconsequential or even irrelevant, doesn’t mean that it will always be that way. Think of Detroit and how they ignored the Japanese car manufacturers importing to the U.S. in the 60s. Or how CBS’s former owner Tisch ignored the synergy of having a cable or Internet affiliation because he couldn’t justify the investment on an immediate return-on-investment basis. Or how Hollywood is just now getting that the Internet may well take over a lot of their customers. Perhaps the details are precursors or early warning signals — they are telling you something about the future (positive or negative). Until recently, you’d have had the luxury of waiting for real evidence of an emerging trend, but now, given how fast things are changing AND how savvy others are (who ARE paying attention to nuances and details), you cannot afford to wait. You just can’t. Details are GOLD. Treat them that way.