- Italian Proverb
I spoke yesterday about my REVELATION of my ignorance. In thought of this new "enlightenment" and pursuit of self IMPROVEMENT, I began to think about HOW someone accepts their lack of knowledge.
I enjoyed the above quote, as I felt it SUMMARIZED the concept of IGNORANCE very well. By CHOOSING to remain ignorant, you are ACCEPTING lesser success and limited growth. The idea is the same as when you tell someone you KNOW how to help them with a project… and the tell you NO. They share their IGNORANT WISDOM and MISPLACED CONFIDENCES in their innate ability to "do it their way."
How does that usually end up? Usually, they come back to ask for HELP in the end. How many times have YOU done that? How many times have you allowed a COLLISION of pride and ignorance to waste your time, limit your success and maximize your inefficiency? More often than you'd like to ADMIT.
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
By know you may have "read between the lines" that I am a PROPONENT for education and personal development. I BELIEVE with the deepest parts of my soul that EDUCATING ourselves, our youth and our communities IS the answer to eliminating the FAILURES of our society.
As a success step, let me share with you the BEST lesson I have learned over the past 2 years as President of the Nashville Junior Chamber. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER… SEEK THE ANSWER!
Read a book, an article, seek a mentor or look up a blog. Do ANYTHING to find the answer to your question. The most EFFICIENT method of finding the information in MEANINGFUL and FUNCTIONAL message, ready for application, is by speaking with someone that has EXPERTISE (a leader, teacher, etc) and EXPERIENCE (a few years of maturity on you).
When you know WHAT to ask, WHO to ask and HOW to ask… You IMMEDIATELY change your VOLUNTARY MISFORTUNE to STRATEGIC SUCCESS!
Cheers,
Zach
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