Why Learning Isn’t EVERYTHING!

Don's Golden Nuggets
2 min readAug 8, 2019

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🌟 IT’S NOT WHAT YOU INGEST, BUT WHAT YOU DIGEST! 🌟

I’ve read 100 books on the subject!” 🗣️

I have 5 Certifications!” 🗣️

I have 3 Masters Degrees!” 🗣️

Having expertise in a subject is without a doubt important. Like, we wouldn’t want toddlers performing open heart surgery or dogs flying helicopters, right?! 🤣

But what I’m getting at is just because someone learns a lot doesn’t automatically mean they know more. 😲

Let me explain:

📌 You can read hundreds of books on a subject, yet never use what you read.

📌 You can earn a certification, yet not remember the very information which got you certified in the first place.

📌 You can go to college and receive a degree, yet never apply the skills you developed.

Let me ask you a question: for all the school tests you ever took, how much information do you remember from those tests? 🤔

80%? 50%? Nothing?! You’re not alone! 😅

🌟 IT’S NOT WHAT YOU INGEST, BUT WHAT YOU DIGEST! 🌟

It’s not about how much you know; it’s about how much you use. It’s not about the amount of information you receive; it’s about what you do with the information you receive. 🙌

It’s the reason why I’ll read the same book twice, why I’ll listen to an online course multiple times, why I’ll re-read the same notes from seminars I’ve attended. 📚

Because I can assure you, unless you have a photographic memory, you don’t retain every piece of information you learn just from hearing it once. 👍

You don’t lift a few weights at the gym and suddenly are fit for life. You need to keep going back to the gym to maintain the muscles you’ve built. 🏋️

And the same goes for your mental muscles. You need to keep learning and building upon what you’ve already learned. Otherwise, like a muscle, it deteriorates. 🧠

Repetition and application are the keys! 🔑

🌟 IT’S NOT WHAT YOU INGEST, BUT WHAT YOU DIGEST! 🌟

After all, why do you think I keep repeating this same sentence above over and over again? 😉

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