“Knowledge has no value except for what can be gained from it’s application toward some worthy end.”
It’s a still and hazy morning here in the Virgin Islands, creating a surprisingly nice filter to this morning’s sunrise. I might have guessed this sunrise would be pretty, as friends posted some pretty spectacular sunset photos last night, one catching the elusive “green flash”. Thanks Mother Nature for keeping me on my toes … There’s something to be said for just showing up with an open-minded attitude !
So I’m a day behind in my reading of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich.” This morning’s chapter is on the 4th Principle of Success: Specialized Knowledge.
I’d like to spend some time thinking about this chapter, and will publish my thoughts tomorrow.
In the meantime, I’m going to ask you a few thought provoking questions from the chapter … to get your mind thinking as well.
Hill tells us that there are two kinds of knowledge: General and Specialized. What is the difference? How much do you have of each?
General knowledge, Hill decrees, is of little use in the accumulation of wealth, no matter how great in quantity or variety.
So if it’s specialized knowledge we require, where are you getting yours?
Do you continue to grow and learn? Or have you gotten into the “habit of a daily routine … the killer of ambition”?
Hill also claims “human beings value only that which has a price.” Are you willing to spend money on learning to becoming the expert in chosen field of passion?
This week, a friend and I chatted about our mutual “problem” of generalized knowledge. As middle aged professionals, like many people, we both possess growing amounts of knowledge and skills at this stage in our lives. It can be overwhelming sometimes to decifer which areas of growing expertise to pursue. But if we don’t focus, we spread ourselves too thin. Are we little more than a “jack of all trades.”?? Are you working more with your general or specialized knowledge? And are you applying your knowledge towards some worthy end?
