Degree, paper from a cut down tree, what do you offer me?
Looking back on it, I've noticed from an early age I committed myself to a life of life-long learning. I determined to read the text, books, attend the courses and do whatever was required, for me to be the best that I could be.
With the power to learn basically anything on the net, free courses left and right (the library, non-profit orgs, workshops) I am more committed to learning than ever. I've received much satisfaction, added intellect and success due to embracing the fact that you can learn from anywhere, be it directly from man or from man written text.
In my experience, learning, true learning, means more than just blindly accepting everything you read or hear from an expert. It means gathering information from the best sources you can find, and questioning what they say!
I guess I learned this best at school as a journalism student where it was pounded over and over in my head to find all sides of the story to present the best possible conclusion, resolution, story.
Those you see online, accepting and agreeing like drones with everything their gurus tell them, are learning nothing. They are simply gathering information, of often dubious value, from people who are just as fallible as you or I, and treating it as fact.
I see the process like this.
Looking back on it, I've noticed from an early age I committed myself to a life of life-long learning. I determined to read the text, books, attend the courses and do whatever was required, for me to be the best that I could be.
With the power to learn basically anything on the net, free courses left and right (the library, non-profit orgs, workshops) I am more committed to learning than ever. I've received much satisfaction, added intellect and success due to embracing the fact that you can learn from anywhere, be it directly from man or from man written text.
In my experience, learning, true learning, means more than just blindly accepting everything you read or hear from an expert. It means gathering information from the best sources you can find, and questioning what they say!
I guess I learned this best at school as a journalism student where it was pounded over and over in my head to find all sides of the story to present the best possible conclusion, resolution, story.
Those you see online, accepting and agreeing like drones with everything their gurus tell them, are learning nothing. They are simply gathering information, of often dubious value, from people who are just as fallible as you or I, and treating it as fact.
I see the process like this.
- Read the books
- Attend the courses
- Listen to the audio programs
- Even google and wiki
- Put what you have discovered to the test
- Measure your results and keep what works
- Repetition is key