Nine weeks into quarantine and I find myself spending the evenings binge watching lectures.
These are lectures/courses that have been in my buffer for a long while and now I’m powering through them. The topics are all over the map: workshop model in the classroom, mastering Google Sheets, the craft of writing, religion and the modern world… and a few others.
As I do my best to absorb as much as possible (let’s not kid ourselves, I won’t get the time to re-watch them all anytime soon), it’s clear this learning is not comprehensive.
As detailed as they are and with the infinite number of them available, there are two things I keep in mind:
- The learning is useless unless action is taken.
- There’s always something more to learn.
Point one–I could learn a million parts about a subject, but unless that knowledge is practiced, it’s not being used.
There’ s a major difference between hearing it and applying it. The gap between the two is only bridged with practice.
Point two–it’s impossible to learn everything and the more you learn about a topic, the more you realize how little you know. The moment a person thinks they know it all, they become stagnant and resistant to growth.
Even with this framework, one thing is clear:
I could live a hundred lives and there will always be something more to learn. No one is ever a master.