Learning is Growing
Over the years I have realized the importance of engaged learning.
There is a difference between learning and knowing.
Knowledge is merely a shadow of learning.
Process the intake of knowledge with your thinking – Share this thinking for critical discussion – Boiled outcome is your learning for life.
Plug it in
Mind is like an automated thinking machine that never stops. Throw some inputs in this wonderful machine by reading, watching, listening (good stuff) or even by failing while doing something. Let your mind process the inputs. After churning, your mind will brew your prospective, critical thinking about this concept/idea you went through.
Discuss - Listen
Find a suitable opportunity in a group to reflect your thoughts to further polish this perception. Listen to others with an open mind - focus on 'what' they say rather than 'how' . Try to understand the meaning behind the words without caring about the intricacies of the communication style, as not everyone is professional in the art of communication.
Share
Step up to share it with wider group - be ready to engage with critical thinkers in that group. Keep updating yourself with the current flowing inputs, contribute by publishing it. As they say learning never ends - learning is and should be a life long process. Never let this thinking machine stop. Keep running this loop and it's an endless process - like a machine learning.
Supportive Team makes it fun
On this learning journey, one should be fortunate enough to have an amazingly supportive team, as I always had.