knowing vs. doing
exploring the difference between having knowledge and being able to act on it. the difference between reading a lot and being able to integrate and embody those learnings.
by sari and · updated 18d ago
knowing vs. doing
Most truths are like that, easy to hear or recite, hard to live in the sense that slowness is hard for most of us, requiring commitment, perseverance, and return after you stray. Because the job is not to know; it’s to become. A sociopath knows what kindness is and how to weaponize it; a saint becomes it.
from Slow Change Can Be Radical Change by Rebecca Solnit
sari added 7mo ago
- To the public intellectual, one must ask: if your ideas are so good, why aren't you executing on them? It is much easier (and less impactful) to write about the importance of “green tech” than to build Tesla. Moreover, many self-titled public intellectuals are not even particularly intellectual. They are just... public.
from Choose Good Quests by Markie Wagner
sari added 10mo ago
- Steven Pressfield on determination:
"I’ve seen a million writers with talent. It means nothing. You need guts, you need stick-to-it-iveness. It’s work, you gotta work, do the freakin’ work. That’s why you’re gonna make it, son. You work. No one can take that away from you."andrea added 10mo ago
- Information is little pieces of idea that you have. Your speed lists will probably consist mostly of information.
After you collect a bunch of information, you'll detect patterns and relationships. As you integrate ideas together, it becomes far greater than the sum of the individual pieces- it becomes knowledge .
What is Wisdom? I define it as kno... See morefrom Theory of Notebooks
alex added 1y ago
- The current educational regime is based on a certain view about what kind of knowledge is important: “knowing that,” as opposed to “knowing how
from Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford
sari added 1y ago
,As it turns out, “knowing better” isn’t the secret to taking action, creating momentum, or doing the things we want to do. So many things take more than just knowing. And, as it turns out, trying to do everything alone, trying to keep our struggles secret, doesn’t do what we think it will do, either.
from Tending to the shame of stuckness by Lisa Olivera
sari added 1y ago
- There are thinkers and there are doers. Oftentimes the thinkers do things, and doers have to think about what they’re doing. But the distinction is helpful, as dichotomies so often are, to illustrate something fundamental about the way we approach the world.
from On Thinkers and Doers - By Rohit - Strange Loop Canon by Henry Oliver
andrea added 1y ago
- “The teacher learns more than the student.
The author learns more than the reader.
The speaker learns more than the attendee.
The way to learn is by doing.”from 3-2-1: On Learning by Doing, a Rule to Live By, and the Seasons of Life | James Clear by jamesclear.com
sari added 1y ago
- "It is not enough for a man to feel the divine flame burning in him; unless he goes into the concentrated, slogging business of learning the techniques of expression, his genius will be of no use to anyone." —Oswald Chambers
from Tweet by Matt Cardin
sari added 1y ago