Showing posts with label Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knowledge. Show all posts
Friday, December 30, 2011
Being Knowledgeable
After watching Turtle: The Incredible Journey, a story that chronicles the life of a single loggerhead sea turtle who shortly after being born embarks upon an extraordinary seafaring odyssey over thousands of miles, spanning many years, having never gone before, yet never losing her way, I couldn't help but wonder about the knowledge that we are born with, yet and still we lose our way. Being thrown off our journey is not being lost. But knowing the difference is key. Our purpose is within. Know yourself.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Being an Expert
There is just something about proclaiming to be an expert that seems to immediately diminish your standing and shows your ignorance and lack of humility. Now there are things that I'm really good at, even perhaps better than many. But I am cognizance of my lack of knowledge.
We are not omniscient. So, why do we pretend to be? Personally, I accept the fact that I do not know all there is to know about anything. Period! This acceptance requires humility and a healthy ego. (I check myself daily.) In fact, the more I sincerely acknowledge what I do not know, the more I actually come to know. I find that this only works with a sincere and willing heart.
Consider these words from The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb:
"You cannot ignore self-delusion. The problem with experts is that they do not know what they do not know. Lack of knowledge and delusion about the quality of your knowledge come together-the same process that makes you know less also makes you satisfied with your knowledge."
We are not omniscient. So, why do we pretend to be? Personally, I accept the fact that I do not know all there is to know about anything. Period! This acceptance requires humility and a healthy ego. (I check myself daily.) In fact, the more I sincerely acknowledge what I do not know, the more I actually come to know. I find that this only works with a sincere and willing heart.
Consider these words from The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb:
"You cannot ignore self-delusion. The problem with experts is that they do not know what they do not know. Lack of knowledge and delusion about the quality of your knowledge come together-the same process that makes you know less also makes you satisfied with your knowledge."
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Being Knowledgeable
"Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and profitable to those who see the sun. For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it." (Ecclesiastes 7:12)
Is knowledge attained over time or expeditiously?
If the former is so, we have tremendous potential for success even when success appears to be quite elusive.
If the latter is so, the advantage is on our side, for existence, the ticking of time speedily and efficiently, is itself affirming.
If they are both so being that knowledge increases over time, and movement is always occurring now, we gain a certain knowledge simply for our efforts alone.
Being knowledgeable requires effort bit by bit that appears now through many trials and errors, having been developed all the time, along the way, though appearing today.
Being knowledgeable requires wisdom in time.
Is knowledge attained over time or expeditiously?
If the former is so, we have tremendous potential for success even when success appears to be quite elusive.
If the latter is so, the advantage is on our side, for existence, the ticking of time speedily and efficiently, is itself affirming.
If they are both so being that knowledge increases over time, and movement is always occurring now, we gain a certain knowledge simply for our efforts alone.
Being knowledgeable requires effort bit by bit that appears now through many trials and errors, having been developed all the time, along the way, though appearing today.
Being knowledgeable requires wisdom in time.
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