What is useful knowledge, definition and commentary. Useful knowledge
Use hotkeys
There are many keyboard shortcuts that can quickly perform the same actions. They are used when working with windows and text editors. in browsers, etc. Fortunately, we don't need to remember 350 combinations to quickly type and send text to print. About 10-15 are enough, but even they can make life easier. From the list of keyboard shortcuts, highlight the ones you use most often (this will take about 5 minutes), then try them out and memorize them (another 5 minutes). If your memory fails, you can set the hotkey scheme as wallpaper on your desktop
Master “advanced” search in a search engine
Formulate your query correctly, and the search engine will quickly give you the exact answer. Each search engine has its own operator commands that help clarify queries. If you prefer to “Google”, Google search operators will help you. It will take at most 10 minutes to highlight the main thing on the list and remember it. And then it’s a matter of practice.
Learn to quickly find out the translation of words without leaving the web page
An extension for the Google Chrome browser - Google Dictionary will help you do this. The thesaurus will be useful to everyone who studies English language or works on the Internet with English-language sources: click on an unfamiliar word and you will see not only its decoding and transcription, but also a translation into your language. If you have basic knowledge of English, then using the built-in Google Dictionary will be faster, more convenient and much more useful than the Google Translate function (in which the translation into Russian is often crooked). There is a similar function in the Firefox browser.
Learn a couple of quick memorization techniques
The ability to retain large amounts of data in memory makes life easier not only for students facing exams, but also for those of us who have already completed our degrees. Knowing how to use quick memorization techniques, you can easily learn a foreign language, buy in the supermarket all the products on the list that you didn’t take with you, and you won’t be able to name your new acquaintance Misha Vasya. There are several techniques, choose the one that will work for you.
Use a fire extinguisher
They hang wherever safety regulations require. They can save lives and property. But how many of us really know how to use them? Spend 10 minutes carefully reading or watching the video, remember it - and become a more useful member of society.
Properly pack things in a suitcase
We all take trips from time to time. Once you learn how to pack things in a suitcase correctly (read: neatly, compactly, quickly, with minimal damage to things), you will consider this activity as pleasant entertainment and not a headache for the rest of your life.
Measure anything with your own body
What to do if you urgently need to measure something, but don’t have a ruler or tape measure at hand? Wait for help or rely on the eye. But you can prepare for such a situation in advance by taking several measurements and remembering the resulting values. “Useful” units of measurement could be: – maximum distance between tips thumb and little finger; – length of the foot from the tip of the big toe to the heel; – the distance between the tips of the large and index finger; - the maximum distance between the tips of the index and middle fingers.
Tell time without a clock
Just think, there is no clock! Let's look at the smartphone screen. But what if you find yourself in a situation of complete “digital detox”, but at the same time you are late for a date? Remembering ways to tell time without a watch is not difficult, but there are a ton of benefits!
Remember the basic rules of table etiquette
If you often attend corporate receptions or simply meet with friends in cafes and restaurants, then knowledge of the modern rules of dining etiquette will come in handy. They include: – skills for properly absorbing different types of food; -knowledge of the basics of serving; - table manners.
Or go “in reverse” - find out about the main mistakes at the table and don’t make them.
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Learn to fall asleep quickly
Most of us are familiar with this dull feeling: it’s time to go to bed, you want to sleep, but you just can’t fall asleep. We offer several simple “tricks” that will help:
- try NOT to fall asleep
Keep your eyes wide open and mentally repeat “I won’t sleep.” Our brain does not perceive the particle NOT well, so it will begin to execute the command. - remember the events of the day
By going over the smallest details in your head (preferably in reverse order), you will clear your head of worries and obsessive thoughts. - roll your eyes
Close your eyes and rotate them 3 to 5 times. Similar eye movements occur when we sleep. Faking sleep will help release melatonin, the sleep hormone. - just dream up
Imagine yourself in a comfortable, pleasant, beautiful place (for example, in a tropical paradise) - do not forget about the smells, sounds, touches. Soon you will relax and fall asleep. - use Andrew Weil's method
Focus on your breathing: calmly inhale through your nose for 4 seconds, then hold your breath for 7 seconds, and then slowly exhale through your mouth for 8 seconds.
Knowledge results
Useful knowledge is knowledge that brings some practical benefit to us or the people around us. .
Any useful knowledge brings 4 types of results:
Improved health (more energy, strength and happiness)
The mind is strengthened (it is easier to make decisions, take responsibility and tolerate the shortcomings of others)
Improved relationships with people (more love, respect and joy)
Income increases (more money, free time and freedom)
Any knowledge that does not help improve health, mind, relationships and/or income is empty, impractical .
Sometimes they say about some knowledge that thanks to it people began to better understand themselves and the world around them. Okay, but if you begin to better understand yourself and the world, you will definitely begin to feel better, be more patient, build relationships with people around you more easily, and earn more. Otherwise it's self-deception.
General education audit
When acquiring this or that knowledge, ask yourself:
Will this improve my health?
Will this make me stronger and more energetic?
Will I or the people around me become happier from this?
Will this make my decisions easier?
Will this make it easier for me to take responsibility?
Will this teach me to be patient with other people's shortcomings?
Will this bring more love and respect into my life?
Will this make my life more joyful?
Will this allow me to earn more?
Will this give me more free time?
Will this make me freer?
If the answer to at least one question is affirmative, knowledge is worth spending time and money on. If not, it is empty knowledge. Even if it is presented as the greatest secret of the Universe.
remember, thatany knowledge must be applied and tested in practice : if you learn something, apply it; applied and got the desired result - teach it to others. Only by following this formula can you achieve success in your chosen activity.
Criteria for questionable knowledge
In addition to the fact that empty knowledge does not improve anything in your life, it also has such an unpleasant property as the erosion of moral values. That's whyany empty knowledge is potentially dangerous and doubtful . And if, while receiving any knowledge, you notice an increase in negativity in yourself, then know thatnegativity is eloquent evidence that instead of useful knowledge, you receive excrement from someone’s fevered imagination.
The most common criteria for questionable knowledge :
Increased irritability
Feeling superior to others
Intolerance of other points of view
Forced deception or misrepresentation
Don't be afraid to discard knowledge if it doesn't lead you to better life. Look for useful knowledge, cut off useless and doubtful ones. To do this, constantly monitor your feelings:
Am I becoming calmer or more irritable?
Do I feel in harmony with everyone or do I feel superior to anyone?
Am I happy when I learn something new or angry when I encounter a different point of view?
Am I telling it like it is or am I misleading myself and other people?
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What does "useful knowledge" mean? and got the best answer
Answer from Nadezhda[guru]
True knowledge, knowledge from God.
Answer from 321
[expert]
A lot of knowledge is useful. The more you know, the better you can analyze what is happening. Naturally, if you are not a biologist, knowing the structure of an amoeba will never be useful to you in your life.
1. Jurisprudence.
2. Financial literacy.
3. Misconceptions.
For example, you have a car, it breaks down and instead of sitting here you learn how to diagnose car problems.
Answer from Irida[guru]
Knowledge that reveals the Truth.
Answer from Maria Makhrova[guru]
Knowledge of the Qur'an and Sunnah as understood by the Salaf and interpreted by great scholars
Answer from Mir Moy nnnn[guru]
Useful knowledge is that which a person not only receives, but also follows. Knowledge cannot be useful if a person, reading or listening to it, does not obey it. It flew in from one ear and flew out from the other). You need to follow "useful knowledge". I'm talking about that knowledge that does not contradict the will of Allah. Knowledge that will increase a person's faith in Allah. And useful knowledge is experience gained in life.
You don’t need to learn much, but what you need to learn that will be useful to a person in the “future” inshaAllah. A person must have the right goal in life; if there is a goal, he will also have a desire to acquire knowledge useful to him.
Answer from Polidenis[guru]
I don’t know, I know that knowledge should not be useful, but present life and nutrition as a charge of energy, if knowledge simply kills, then it is not useful, but there is other knowledge that, according to Life, They nourish and charge you, such knowledge is useful! so look for such knowledge and not just knowledge for the sake of intelligence and philosophy, just knowledge makes a person a humanoid with a big head and a small body, and a person experiences life with him and communicates intimately,
Answer from Olga Olga[guru]
those that can be applied in life...
Answer from Oliya Konovalchik[guru]
knowledge that will be useful in life
Answer from Sandra[guru]
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Answer from 3 answers[guru]
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Francis Bacon
Many people have heard and know that knowledge is power. However, not all people make enough efforts to acquire certain knowledge that is useful to them. Therefore, I believe that this topic should be considered in more detail so that each of you, dear readers, clearly understands what exactly the great power of knowledge is and what needs to be done to gain this power. On the one hand, it seems clear that you need to study, gain knowledge by all available methods in order to know a lot and, therefore, be able to do a lot. But on the other hand, what kind of knowledge needs to be acquired and how best to do it, and most importantly, how to then use it in your life, is not always clear to everyone. Therefore, this point definitely needs to be dealt with properly. And we will do this with you. We will look at this topic in detail and learn everything there is to know about knowledge.
What is knowledge?
Knowledge is information that, firstly, has been tested by practice, and secondly, and this is the most important thing, gives a person the most complete picture of reality. This is the fundamental difference between knowledge and ordinary information, which allows us to have only a partial understanding of certain things. Knowledge can also be compared to instructions for something, and information to ordinary advice. The knowledge that a person possesses is very well deposited in his memory, thanks to the fact that he repeatedly applied it in his life, consolidating this knowledge in practice and confirming its truth with his own experience. Over time, knowledge becomes an unconscious skill.
Types of knowledge
Knowledge comes in different forms. For example, there is superficial knowledge, and there is deep knowledge. Surface knowledge is knowledge that is based on visible relationships between individual events and facts in a certain subject area. For superficial knowledge, a good memory is enough - I read, heard, saw and remembered the information received, without thinking about why it is this way and not another. And you seem to know something. Superficial knowledge is often based on two, maximum three links in the cause-and-effect chain. The reasoning model of a person with superficial knowledge will be quite simple. It usually looks like this: “If [condition], then [action].” More complex mental constructions in this scheme, as you understand, are impossible.
Deep knowledge is a completely different matter; it already uses a more complex structure of thinking and reasoning. Deep knowledge represents abstractions, complex patterns, and deep analogies that reflect the structure and processes of a subject area. Deep knowledge relies not only on memory, but also on thinking. Moreover, they are not limited to the construction and analysis of cause-and-effect chains, but represent a complex web of thoughts/reasonings in which many facts and processes are interconnected. In this case, one cause may have several consequences, and one specific effect may arise from different causes. Deep knowledge reflects the holistic structure and nature of existing processes and relationships that take place in the subject area. This knowledge allows you to analyze and predict the behavior of objects in detail.
Knowledge can also be explicit or tacit. Explicit knowledge is accumulated experience, identified and presented in the form of instructions, methods, guidelines, plans and recommendations for action. Explicit knowledge has a clear and precise structure; it is formulated and recorded, both in human memory and on various media. Tacit knowledge is knowledge that is difficult or difficult to formalize, that is, to highlight with its help the most important characteristics of the subject of study or discussion. This is intuitive knowledge, personal impressions, sensations, opinions, guesses. They are not always easy to explain or convey to other people. They look like poorly connected pieces of information, rather than a complete and clear picture of reality.
Knowledge can also be everyday and scientific. Everyday knowledge is specific knowledge about something, which is based on random reflections and spontaneous observations. They are often intuitive in nature and can be highly dependent on the opinions of others. This knowledge is often irrational, that is, not amenable to explanation and full understanding. They cannot be applied to all situations, despite the fact that a person gained this knowledge through his experience, because this experience is incomplete, it only partially reflects the patterns of certain situations. And here scientific knowledge– this is more generalized, rational, thoughtful and justified knowledge by professional observation and experiments. They are accurate, universal, structured and systematized, they are easier to analyze, thanks to their systematic nature, to understand and convey to other people. Therefore, one must strive for precisely such knowledge in order to have a more complete and accurate understanding of various things in this world. There are many other types of knowledge, but we will not consider them all now; we will leave this matter for future articles. Instead, let's move on to issues that are more important to us.
Why is knowledge needed?
For a person’s thirst for knowledge to be particularly strong and constant, he must clearly understand why knowledge is needed. Still, their value is not always obvious, since many people do not pursue them as much as, say, money. Some values are clearer to us because we use them constantly and openly and see the benefits of them. The same money is the value that we all feel, due to the fact that money can buy a lot. Or, if we talk about what we are willing to spend our money on, then again, things like “bread and butter” or a roof over our heads seem to us to be fairly obvious values, since we need these things and cannot do without them. But the usefulness of knowledge is somehow not entirely and not always noticeable to the naked eye. But in fact, it is the knowledge a person has that determines whether he has money, bread and butter, that is, food on the table, clothing, housing, and many other important and useful things for life. Knowledge helps people achieve all this. And the more a person knows and the better his knowledge, the easier it is for him to come to the material and spiritual values he needs. After all, the same money can be earned in different ways - you can do very hard, dirty and unhealthy work for it, or you can simply accept right decisions, give the necessary orders, make several calls a day and in two or three hours earn more than many people earn from hard work in a month or even a year. And it’s not about labor productivity, it’s about the ability to do work that many other people cannot do, as well as the ability to outplay other people in the struggle for a place in the sun. And all this is facilitated by high-quality and extensive knowledge. So knowledge opens the door to a beautiful, happy, rich and bright life for a person. And if such a life is interesting to you, if you need it, then you also need knowledge. But not all knowledge is needed, but only that which can be applied in life to benefit oneself. Let's see what this knowledge is.
What knowledge is needed?
As much as some of us would like to have all the knowledge in the world in order to be very smart, it is quite obvious that this is impossible. We cannot know everything, because even the knowledge that is known to humanity is so much that just getting acquainted with it would take several lifetimes. And if we also take into account the fact that people do not know a lot about this world, then it becomes completely clear that knowledge must be acquired selectively. But this choice is not easy to make. To do this, a person must decide what kind of life he wants to live, what goals he plans to achieve and what is valuable to him in this life. His fate will depend on this choice. It is no coincidence that we cannot know everything, because we don’t need it. We need to know well the most important thing for us, on which our fate will depend. And this main thing must first be distinguished from everything else. And to do this, it is useful to turn to the experience of others. There are a lot of people around us who have already passed the nth part life path and from their example you can see what knowledge turned out to be useful for them and what was not. Life different people shows us what knowledge can lead to what.
Today we live in a time when there is a lot of different knowledge everywhere. The Internet alone is worth something, where you can find a lot of interesting and useful things. But such an abundance of information and knowledge prevents a person from understanding what he really needs. I don’t think that this is such a serious problem as, say, the problem of lack of knowledge, limited access to information, censorship, lack of opportunity to receive education and the like. But we still must admit that the abundance of information requires us to take a serious approach to its selection. And the lives of other people, which I suggest you focus on, are the best way to understand what knowledge is important and what is not. All the mistakes that you can make have already been made by someone once. All the successes that you want and can achieve have already been achieved by someone in one form or another. Therefore, other people's experience is invaluable. Study it and you will be able to understand what knowledge you should strive for. At the same time, you shouldn’t just believe what other people say, even if they are very successful people. Better look at what and how they live, where, how and what they studied and are studying, what books they read, what they do, what they strive for. Deeds are truer than words. Also keep in mind that successful people show through their experience what knowledge can be useful in life, so it is worth striving for. But losers, on the contrary, with their lives can show what knowledge is meaningless and useless, and sometimes harmful. This is not an exact indicator, but you can focus on it.
Knowledge and information
Let's, friends, see how knowledge differs from information. Still, we receive this or that information every day, but knowledge is not always there. There are several opinions on this matter. They usually write and say that knowledge differs from information in that they are part of human experience. That is, knowledge is information that a person possesses, verified by experience. This is a good definition, but in my opinion it is not complete. If knowledge were only part of our own experience, then we would not use such a phrase as “gaining knowledge”; we would be talking about obtaining information that can become knowledge only if we verify it with our own experience. But we, nevertheless, use such a phrase as “gaining knowledge,” that is, something already ready that can be used without testing it on our own experience. Therefore, in my understanding, knowledge is more complete, higher quality, more structured and systematized information that reflects a complete and holistic picture of a certain subject area as close as possible to reality. That is, this is more harmonious, accurate and quite extensive information. But simply information is pieces of knowledge, so to speak, elements of a puzzle, from which it is still necessary to create a more complete and clear picture of something. So knowledge is a picture of reality already compiled from various information, or you can also say, instructions for life that we can use. If, for example, I tell you that a certain instinct is responsible for some specific human behavior, then this will be information, because with this piece of knowledge about a person much will remain unclear. If I tell you everything I know about instincts, how they work, how they are interconnected, how they control human behavior, and so on and so forth, then this will already be the knowledge that I will pass on to you. That is, it will be a more holistic picture of human nature or instructions for a person, which will allow you to learn a lot about him, understand a lot, and most importantly, it will allow you to work competently with people and yourself. Information can also be used, but its range of possibilities is much lower.
The acquisition of knowledge
It is very important to be able to acquire knowledge correctly, so that with a minimum of time and effort spent, you can absorb the maximum of necessary and useful knowledge. Here, the method of conveying, and, consequently, receiving information, plays a very important role, be it with the help of books or with the help of any other sources. The emphasis should be on understanding, thanks to which a person does not lose interest in what he learns about. Because not many people have the sufficient willpower necessary to seriously delve into the subject being studied, while interest in something, fueled, among other things, by the clarity of the information being studied, can turn out to be an excellent motivation for learning. A person will greedily receive new knowledge if it is understandable to him and, in his opinion, useful. What differentiates high-quality education from low-quality education is how teachers present knowledge to their students, and not just what kind of knowledge they give them. Good teacher- this is a teacher who is able to explain material to students not only in complex scientific language, but also in the language of ordinary people. You could even say that the teacher should be able to explain the material in the language of a five-year-old child so that everyone can understand it. If knowledge is presented in understandable language, then it will be interesting to people, and if it is interesting, then there will be more attention to it. If you present knowledge to people in a language they do not understand, then interest in it will be minimal, if there is any at all, and many will simply turn away from it, no matter how useful this knowledge may be.
Quality of knowledge
One cannot fail to mention such an important thing as the quality of knowledge, on which its effectiveness depends. After all, we acquire knowledge mainly for the sake of using it in our lives, and not for the sake of simply knowing about something. Therefore, knowledge must be practical and effective. Let's think about how to determine the quality of knowledge that we can receive from certain sources. Here, I believe, priority should be given to understanding the knowledge we receive. As I wrote above, understandable knowledge is not only interesting and you want to delve into it, but it is also well absorbed, and what is especially important is that it is easier to test. In addition, knowledge must be understandable so that a person can not only remember it, but also be able to develop this knowledge and draw their own conclusions based on it, that is, generate new knowledge with its help. Then, of course, it is important that the knowledge is complete, and not abrupt and not in the form of dry facts, which, again, you just need to remember, but in the form of a whole system in which the connection between the facts should be visible, so that it is clear why something is arranged or works one way and not another. And from this follows the next criterion of quality knowledge - its reliability. Why exactly is it leaking? Because knowledge that is presented primarily in the form of facts, and not in the form of a system of reasoning consisting of a chain of cause-and-effect relationships that leads to these facts and helps to connect them with each other, is quite difficult to verify for accuracy. You will only have to believe in such knowledge, which consists solely of facts, if you yourself have not witnessed these facts. The fact is that it either exists or it doesn’t. But how do you know if a fact actually exists? What is the most reliable evidence of its existence? Of course, you can test certain facts and knowledge based on them from your own experience, so to speak, conduct an experiment, as is done in science. But this will require a lot of time and effort from you. In addition, if you received low-quality and even harmful knowledge, then you risk making serious errors when checking it, which will not be easy to correct. Therefore, it is important to see those chains of reasoning that allow us to verify the truth of certain facts, at least at the level of theory, using logical thinking. And if possible, you can transfer this theory to more or less similar experiences from your life in order to use this transfer to determine the probability of the truth of this or that fact, and at the same time all the knowledge that we receive.
Often, for effective learning, we need the help of other people who help us assimilate certain knowledge by connecting it with the experience that we have witnessed and are witnessing. That's why we need teachers who explain to us what is written in books and what we see around us. They help us form a complete picture of something in our heads, supplementing with their explanations the knowledge that we receive from books. However, good books can also explain a lot, so independent learning can be no less, or even more effective, than learning with the help of teachers. But provided that the books and other sources of information from which a person studies are truly of high quality.
Knowledge is power
Now let's think about why knowledge is power. We have already touched on this issue above, but now we will look at it in more detail so that you have a powerful motivation to gain new knowledge, regardless of any obstacles. The power of knowledge lies in the fact that it allows a person to bring his plans to life using the necessary sequence of actions. Simply put, knowledge helps us avoid unnecessary mistakes when realizing our desires. Thanks to them, we navigate this world more easily and can influence a lot in it. Knowing something allows us to control it. But when we don’t know something, we are limited in our capabilities and then we can be controlled by those who know more than us.
Knowledge also makes us bolder and more confident people. And courage and confidence allow people to achieve success in many things. Let’s say, if you want to do something, then you need to think not about whether it can be done or not, but about how it can be done, what actions need to be taken for this. Before that, you need to think about where and what knowledge you need to get in order to take the necessary actions [sequence of actions] and do the job you need. That is, knowledge is the key to success in any business. Having necessary knowledge, you can turn any of your ideas into reality. And this ability to make reality the way we want it to be gives us strength. Let's ask ourselves this question: is it possible to build a time machine? What will be your answer? Think about it. If you think that a time machine cannot be built, then you do not realize the power that knowledge has. You are proceeding from the knowledge that you currently have, and it does not allow you to admit the possibility that such a thing as a time machine can be built. Although for this it is simply necessary to obtain other knowledge that is currently unknown to humanity. But if you are a thinking person and understand one simple, but very important truth that we, people, still do not know much about this world, then you can easily admit the possibility of creating a time machine and any other unusual device that can greatly change our lives. In this case, you will be faced with only one single question: how to do this? So the power of knowledge is that with its help we can make the impossible possible.
The power of knowledge is also very clearly manifested in cases where a person does not receive, but disseminates knowledge. The fact is that people are driven not only by their instincts, which determine their needs, but also by ideas, beliefs, and faith. And people are infected with ideas from the world around them, in which someone creates and distributes them. And it is the one who infects the minds of the majority of people with his ideas who receives the highest power over them. This is a great power that no other power can compare to. No violence and no fear can compare with the power of ideas, the power of persuasion and, ultimately, the power of people believing in something. Because such a force controls people from the inside, and not from the outside. So, in order to infect people with your ideas, you need to create them and distribute them in society. This is a very difficult task, which is why there are so few great ideologists in the world who decide the destinies of millions. If you only gain knowledge, then this, of course, is also very good. Thanks to knowledge, you will know a lot and be able to do a lot. But at the same time, you yourself risk becoming infected with other people’s ideas and, in a sense, becoming their hostage. This is not always a bad thing, but keep in mind that the highest manifestation of the power of knowledge is the ability to create and distribute it, and not to receive and apply it.
The price of knowledge
This is perhaps one of the most important issues, the answer to which every person should know. How much does good knowledge in every sense cost? Don't rush to answer this question, think better. Many of us know and understand that knowledge is needed, knowledge is important, knowledge is useful. But good, high-quality knowledge that a person will not just receive with the help of some source or in some educational institution, and which ones will be for him in more detail explaining them so that he understands them well has its price. The price may vary, but it is important to understand the main thing - good knowledge is priceless! You know very well that good education is expensive, but at the same time you must understand that good knowledge, necessary knowledge, useful knowledge that can be obtained through quality education always pays for itself, always. Therefore, investing money and time in acquiring good knowledge is an ideal investment. In general, I believe that in this life you should never spare money on such things as health and education, everything else is secondary. After all, it is absolutely obvious that any person needs good health, without it there will be no normal life. To do this, he must eat well, rest for the right amount of time, use quality medicine and, if possible, not work in hazardous work. I’m not even talking about bad habits - they are definitely unacceptable. And having good health, a person must take care of the contents of his head in order to take a worthy place in this life. Therefore, in no case should you spare money or time on health and knowledge. These are not things you can bargain over.
How to gain knowledge?
To obtain good knowledge, you must first decide on the priority of those methods of obtaining it that are available to a particular person. And then use these methods in the appropriate sequence. In my opinion, the best way to gain knowledge is to get it from other people and with the help of other people. Only the point here is not that someone will decide for you what and how you need to learn, but that you will use another person, other people, as your teachers to learn the things you need. That is, it is you who needs to determine your training plan, as in the case of self-education - the most the best way education. But at the same time, you need to use other people as assistants, mentors, advisers, so that they tell you what and how it is useful to learn. After all, let’s say, if you are still very young and know little about this world, then it will be difficult for you to figure out what is important and valuable in it and what is not. You need to listen to the advice of other people, smarter and more experienced, but the responsibility for the knowledge you receive should lie with you. People are a source of knowledge that is very convenient to use. When a person explains to you what and how this world works, when you can ask him questions about points you don’t understand, you can ask again, clarify, argue, you can correct your mistakes in the learning process with his help - this is just a great way to learn something , and quite quickly.
Books also play a very important role in the process of acquiring knowledge - this, from my point of view, is the most preferable way of learning without the help of living people. Not video, not audio, but books, that is, gaining knowledge with the help of printed text, with the help of signs, symbols, that’s what is useful. Text, no matter whether it is on paper or on a monitor screen, is material that needs to be worked with. Don’t just look at it like pictures, but work with it - think about the written thoughts, words, ideas, laws, analyze them, compare, evaluate, check. The text is always before your eyes, it can always be divided into separate sentences, phrases, words in order to study it thoroughly. In some cases, it is more useful to read articles, including scientific ones, rather than books. They are useful because they convey knowledge in a condensed form; they do not contain as much unnecessary writing as in most books. Still, we all have limited time, so it may simply not be enough to read huge books. But the article can, although not always completely, quite quickly and accurately convey to you the very essence of certain patterns from which our knowledge is formed. And then you decide for yourself what you need to delve into and in what direction to expand your knowledge by finding additional materials on the topic that interests you.
And another good way to gain knowledge, let’s consider it the third most important, is to observe what is happening. We all have some kind of experience, and continue to gain it every day, which can teach us a lot. Moreover, this is the kind of teacher who will never deceive. But in order for us to learn something from our own experience, we need to be extremely attentive to everything that surrounds us and what happens to us. Many people don't learn anything from their experiences simply because they don't pay enough attention to them. They do not observe everything that happens in their lives and therefore a lot of valuable information passes them by; They do not attach importance to important little things around them that can tell a lot. And, of course, they do not analyze well enough all those situations that happened in their lives and taught them something. But I believe that a person can and should learn from everything he sees and hears around him. To do this you just need to be attentive and observant. And everyone can develop these qualities. Sometimes you can learn much more from simple observation than from many good books. Because it can show you details in what is happening that other people may not notice or give them attention to. desired value. In addition, one’s own experience, as a rule, gives more confidence in understanding something than someone else’s, whose sincerity and correctness can always be doubted for a number of reasons.
Knowledge and thinking
Knowledge is knowledge, but in our time, a person’s ability to think, including outside the box, creatively, and flexibly, is of particular importance. Thinking allows not only to effectively use the knowledge a person has, but also to create his own, to come to new interesting ideas that can radically change his idea of something. And this, as you already know, is also very important, and sometimes much more important than the experience already accumulated by humanity. Knowledge, even very good knowledge, today quickly becomes outdated, albeit not completely, but to a significant extent. While thinking is always relevant, it allows you to adapt old knowledge to new conditions and, when necessary, create new knowledge that will help solve a current problem. Therefore, learning something once, and then resting on your laurels all your life, using your knowledge, while it is still possible, will in the near future become impossible for those people who want to live a good, quality life. The modern world clearly shows us that we need to learn throughout our lives. This is the only way to survive and achieve success in a highly competitive environment.
And I personally consider a good life to be a life in which a person does what he really loves, even for little money, and does not work all day long at an unloved and sometimes even hated job just to earn a piece of bread. Do what you love in modern world, without adapting to the labor market - this is a great luxury. If you come to this, you will feel happy.
So, friends, thinking definitely needs to be developed. Without developed thinking, even very good modern knowledge can become dead capital. And no one really needs dead knowledge. And in order to make them alive, you need to adapt them with the help of thinking to solve various current problems and problems. Just imagine a modern medium or large business in which there is fierce competition, and in order to win it, you need to produce results, and not dig up dusty knowledge in your memory in order to show it off in front of your competitors. Therefore, thinking comes to the fore, as it allows us to be more practical. And knowledge today can be obtained very quickly on the Internet, and many of it will be more modern and accurate than the knowledge that a person has in his head.
In general, most knowledge is something that not only one person has, but also many other people. And the more people know about something, the weaker this knowledge is. The power of knowledge is determined, among other things, by its accessibility. If some knowledge is available only to a few people, then it has a lot of power, and when most people know about it, it loses its power. Let's say someone knows about something useful, but others do not know it, and this someone has an advantage over the rest, thanks to his knowledge, which is available only to him. But as soon as this knowledge spreads, a person will lose his power, since his monopoly on this knowledge will collapse. After all, if everyone knows what you know, then what is your advantage, what is your strength? So, the knowledge that we obtain in standard ways is, as a rule, known not only to us, but also to many other people. This means that we don’t have a big advantage over these other people, other things being equal. By other things being equal, I mean such things as a person’s willingness and ability to apply their knowledge, as well as perseverance, hard work and the like. Without them, knowledge is useless.
So it turns out that what we know, some other people often know, and this, to a certain extent, equates us with them. But good, developed thinking can lead a person to knowledge that will be known only to him alone. After all, thinking can give birth to completely new knowledge, new solutions and new ideas. It can lead a person to insight - insight, epiphany, awareness, a breakthrough in solving some problem that cannot be solved by standard methods. Thus, developed thinking gives a person a serious advantage over other people. So knowledge is, of course, power. But together with developed thinking, they become a truly great and absolute force.
We have figured out what the essence of knowledge is. Great! What is it knowledge?
Do we understand this word correctly? Does deep awareness of this concept affect our achievements in life?
The English philosopher Francis Bacon defined knowledge as follows: “Knowledge is power!”. I agree with him 100%. This is the best and most appropriate definition of the word “knowledge”. Precisely, such an understanding should be formed in our heads.
Why is this so important? Today, any information can be found on the Internet!
Yes, you can! But information itself is NOT knowledge, but just information! And, if everyone understood this, then, for sure, they would not waste precious time! What is precious time? Vlad, what are you talking about? Now, gentlemen, I’ll explain everything now :)
Today, in the era of constant and global flow of information, every minute of our life is valuable time. One minute of wasted time can result in wasted hours of work. One moment can determine our successes and failures. Time is one of the main resources of our life. What is the connection here? And the relationship between knowledge and time is direct.
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We all strive to achieve something in life. Some want to become a successful businessman, some a teacher, some a doctor, and some an engineer. And we all need knowledge! Knowledge is needed everywhere and always! Knowledge determines the degree of our “advancement” and success.
So what is knowledge?
Knowledge– this is clearly understood information + experience + worldview that makes up a single whole!
Knowledge is the most powerful asset of every person! Now ask yourself this question: How developed is this asset for you? How often do you strengthen it?
Every day we must improve, become better, stronger, smarter and more competitive. Every single day we must learn something and be sure to analyze it, because without analysis there is no critical thinking, which determines our personality. Exactly, critical thinking brings authority to a person. Who will be interested in us if we agree with everyone? And what will allow us to disagree with everyone? Right! Our worldview, information and experience, which is knowledge!
Remember how you were sitting at your desk, and the teacher was telling something to the whole class. Did everyone receive the same knowledge? Did everyone study for the same grades? No! Because everyone had a different worldview, different experience, and most importantly, a different understanding of information. The more these 3 components are pumped up, the better the knowledge will be. The more knowledge in your head, the easier it is to accept and accumulate. It is a fact!
In modern conditions, it is very important to make decisions as quickly as possible in order to have an advantage over your competitors. And everyone always has competitors, unless of course you are Robinson Crusoe :)
Who owns the information, owns the world! Have you heard this expression? Of course we heard. Every time we are faced with a new task or question, the brain begins to scan existing knowledge to give the correct answer. Every person's task–create your own high-quality knowledge base so that scanning is successful! When we need to find something and have the Internet at hand, we turn to a search engine, which provides answers in a split second. The same thing happens in our brain. Create a mini-Internet in your head!
Knowledge– this is our weapon and power, which allows us to achieve something in life.
Look at successful people. Will you find even one fool among them who has a low knowledge quotient? Well, maybe boxers :) Okay, jokes aside.
The purpose of this article is to make everyone aware that knowledge- this is the most valuable asset of a person, which is obtained only through hard and personal labor! I wish everyone to be in constant search of new and useful knowledge.