"Knowledge is not of value unless you put it into practice."
- Anton Chekhov
We all have heard that knowledge is power.
What you know can drastically improve your life.It can help you create changes, give you more insight and understanding. Ignorance is not bliss.
But is it true that knowledge is power? Not really.
Knowledge is not power... it's potential power.
"Knowing is not enough: We must apply.
Willingness is not enough. We must do."
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Having the knowledge is not enough, we have to get ourselves to follow through with what we are learning. We have to follow through with the new ideas, the new strategies and the new knowledge that we have come across.
Have you ever read a book that was filled with great ideas on how to make improvements in your life if you just followed a few simple rules and then applied them in your own life?
First we get excited about the new information. We tell ourselves that this time we are going to implement these simple strategies in our own life.
We might even get so excited that we put the ideas on a piece of paper and tell ourselves that "I will start on Monday."
Then Monday turns into next Monday. That Monday turns into next month and then we find ourselves saying "Someday I will."
Someday I will get my health-plan going.
Someday I will start saving money.
Someday I will change my job.
Someday I will change my attitude.
Someday I will lose weight.
Someday I will quit smoking.
Someday I will_________________ Finish the sentence.
Someday is not a day of the week.
Someday will probably not happen. It's the road to nowhere.
Did this happen because you didn't have the knowledge to do something or make a change in your life?
No it didn't.
You had the knowledge but you didn't apply what you knew.
So you see... knowledge isn't enough and it has little power until you apply it in your own life.
Knowledge is only power if you apply what you are learning.
You can study and learn all day long... day in and day out, but if you never apply what you are leaning then it's just a lot of learning.
You can study and learn all day long... day in and day out, but if you never apply what you are leaning then it's just a lot of learning.
Most of us know what we should do with our lives, how to change, how to make our lives better,
but we still don't do it.
Do you know someone like that? Maybe it's YOU???
Do you know someone like that? Maybe it's YOU???
"Book knowledge is not enough.
Experienced knowledge is essential for success in life."
- Debasish Mridha
Having the knowledge is not enough, we have to get ourselves to follow through with what we are learning. We have to follow through with the new ideas, the new strategies and the new knowledge that we have come across.
Have you ever read a book that was filled with great ideas on how to make improvements in your life if you just followed a few simple rules and then applied them in your own life?
Have you ever listen to a podcast, became inspired and decided to check out the new ideas and suggestions?
Did you ever attend a live seminar and then decided that you you were going to make some drastic changes to your life starting the following day?
Most people have.
It's not the knowledge we absorb, it's the knowledge you apply.
First we get excited about the new information. We tell ourselves that this time we are going to implement these simple strategies in our own life.
We might even get so excited that we put the ideas on a piece of paper and tell ourselves that "I will start on Monday."
Then Monday turns into next Monday. That Monday turns into next month and then we find ourselves saying "Someday I will."
Someday I will get my health-plan going.
Someday I will start saving money.
Someday I will change my job.
Someday I will change my attitude.
Someday I will lose weight.
Someday I will quit smoking.
Someday I will_________________ Finish the sentence.
Someday is not a day of the week.
Someday will probably not happen. It's the road to nowhere.
The distance between your dreams and reality is called action.
Did this happen because you didn't have the knowledge to do something or make a change in your life?
No it didn't.
You had the knowledge but you didn't apply what you knew.
Action is proof who someone is. Words just prove who they want to be.
So you see... knowledge isn't enough and it has little power until you apply it in your own life.
Take Action!
An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention.
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