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.
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knowing vs. doing
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.
Henry Oliver • On Thinkers and Doers - By Rohit - Strange Loop Canon
Knowing something and actually living your life in a way that follows that knowledge are two very different things.
Haraldur Thorleifsson • Five years, that’s not too long
"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
Matt Cardin • Tweet
The current educational regime is based on a certain view about what kind of knowledge is important: “knowing that,” as opposed to “knowing how
Matthew Crawford • Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
"The best way to learn is to do the work."
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.
Literary Hub • Slow Change Can Be Radical Change
Steve Jobs explains the importance of both thinking and doing:
“The doers are the major thinkers. The people who really create the things that change this industry are both the thinker-doer in one person.”