Doing versus Reading
There are many myths we picked along the way about learning. One of the common one is the education system today. You get enrolled into schools when you are 5 or 6 years old. You learn the idea of sitting in a class, completing courses and subjects, taking exams, pass and repeat the cycle in the following grade until you are 16 years old.
That system tricked us by making us beleive we can’t take action on the information we learn unless we take a course, complete it and pass it.
What is happening in the current market is quite different from what the system taught us. The market is not for those who sit and wait. It is for those who aggressively take action every day and go seek what they want.
Another myth as well is not to do mistakes or you would be punished. The real life doesn’t entail that. It signals the definite of doing mistakes and you learning and growing from them. The simplest example is when you learned walking or riding your bicycle. You had to fall several times until you figured it out.
Coming to reading, it is important to learn the basic concepts and gain the necessary knowledge and information. However reading but not taking action on the information learned doesn’t work in the market today. You have got to practice what you learn. Otherwise you only enriched your mind but not your life.
It is also important to understand the context of learning. Where do you learn. How do you learn. The environment that best suit your learning style. Whether learning alone or with others.
Coming to this point, ask yourself: Until when I read without taking action? What is really stopping you from taking action? Is it the lack of confidence or permission from others? Do you actually beleive that someone would come to your aid, take your hand and tell you what to do? Is what you do today is your real potential or you are hiding and hesitating? Do you really accept the idea that majority of learning comes from reading and minimum from taking action?
Reflect on your answers here and decide for yourself: Will you continue reading without taking action or would you add the daily action with your reading to maximize your learning?