After Thinking

Posted by Gary Greenfield at 4/21/2009 9:02 AM
Categories: Knowledge or Skills
Tags: personal development personal growth fulfillment

    AFTER THINKING


It doesn't make any difference who you are or where you are in life.  The continuous acquisition of knowledge is a requirement to achieving true fulfillment.  A full life is a never ending process of discovery and growth.  It's not a static state of euphoric suspension in time.  Time moves on.  Life moves on!

But, the "moving on" requires more than just the acquisition of new knowledge.  It requires the application of the newly acquired knowledge in some meaningful way that adds a new dimension to your life.  I think what I'm trying to say may be best stated through the following quote:  "Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what is read ours."--John Lock

So, are you making what you read yours?  Are you doing some major "after thinking" on what you read and learn?  It is only through that thinking and pondering that you can apply what you have learned in a way that is meaningful and productive.  Reading gives you a sense of information that may be important to you.  Thinking about what you’ve read gives you a sense of how the information is applicable in your situation.  If you don’t apply what you learn, your personal growth and development is at best stunted.  Your life becomes an afterthought!

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