It was Thomas Kida who once said, “…don’t believe everything that you think”.
We live in a society where we are constantly bombarded with information from all angles, hence the era we live in - the information age. Information nowadays travels at light speed, some is received in its truest nature and pure, but most like Chinese whispers becomes convoluted. It has left us in an awkward situation as individuals to deal with such high intense traffic of information, from social networking to news and even education. Interpretation can lead us up and down the correct and incorrect paths, essentially the person who knows ones self and direction of their journey will know what information is worth gathering along the way.
Investing time into your own personal library of thoughts allows you to make sure you know exactly what pieces of information are missing, only the person who has a clear sense of direction and is undeterred by irrelevant kinks in their system will prevail to the final destination.
Being able to filter out what information is useful or not is a skill that comes with experience. It is applicable to all aspects of life. How many times have you argued with loved ones, friends and acquaintances and exhausted valuable time and effort when that energy could have been transmuted into something more productive; we have all been there haven’t we?
The only way to push things forward is to become much more disciplined, we have to be more concise…by the time you have decided what you want to do with the information you have just received someone somewhere has already interpreted it to suit their situation, and has either made good use of it or has let it affect them in a negative way….either way like energy, information is just transformed into something else; its up to the possessor at that instant to do what they wish with it.
From studying some of the most successful people in the world when it comes to utilising information to attain their goals, it is evident to see that there are clear similarities in relation to what they do with it. No matter where the information comes from, they automatically assume that many others have the same information; therefore it becomes a race to the finish line. They also maximise the value of the information to cater to their situation; being decisive allows them to quickly disregard ‘non applicable’ information but nevertheless they may mentally file it away for a later time. These two skills are imperative to learn as a stepping-stone to achieving something worthwhile.
If its only one piece of information you take away with you today let Winston Churchill’s words resonate with you, “true genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information”
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