What is the difference between a person who cannot read and a person who can, but does not read???
"Not a Whole Lot!!!!" ~ Benjamin Franklin
Now here's a story which clearly demonstatrates the fact!
There is a story about a man who sold hotdogs by the roadside. He was illiterate, so he never read newspapers. He was hard of hearing, so he never listened to the radio. His eyes were weak, so he never watched television. But enthusiastically, he sold lots of hotdogs. His sales and profit went up. He ordered more meat and got himself a bigger and better stove. As his business was growing, the son, who had recently graduated from college, joined his father.
Then something strange happened. The son asked, "Dad aren't you aware of the great recession that is coming our way?" The father replied, "No, but tell me about it." The son said, "The international situation is terrible. The domestic situation is even worse. We should be prepared for the coming bad times." The man thought that since his son had been to college, read the papers and listened to the radio, he ought to know and his advice should not be taken lightly. So the next day, the father cut down his order for the meat and buns, took down the sign and was no longer as enthusiastic. Very soon, fewer and fewer people bothered to stop at his hotdog stand. And his sales started coming down rapidly. The father said to his son, "Son, you were right. We are in the middle of a recession. I am glad you warned me ahead of time."
We often are told that knowledge is power. Not really. Knowledge is information. It is potential power and it becomes power only when it is acted upon.
Learning is a lot like eating. It is not how much you eat that matters, what matters is how much you can digest!
Knowledge is potential power; wisdom is real power.
Education takes many forms; it is not just grades and a degree. It is:
Now what's our concern? What morals can we take away from this story???
Intelligence is quickness to learn.
"Not a Whole Lot!!!!" ~ Benjamin Franklin
Now here's a story which clearly demonstatrates the fact!
There is a story about a man who sold hotdogs by the roadside. He was illiterate, so he never read newspapers. He was hard of hearing, so he never listened to the radio. His eyes were weak, so he never watched television. But enthusiastically, he sold lots of hotdogs. His sales and profit went up. He ordered more meat and got himself a bigger and better stove. As his business was growing, the son, who had recently graduated from college, joined his father.
Then something strange happened. The son asked, "Dad aren't you aware of the great recession that is coming our way?" The father replied, "No, but tell me about it." The son said, "The international situation is terrible. The domestic situation is even worse. We should be prepared for the coming bad times." The man thought that since his son had been to college, read the papers and listened to the radio, he ought to know and his advice should not be taken lightly. So the next day, the father cut down his order for the meat and buns, took down the sign and was no longer as enthusiastic. Very soon, fewer and fewer people bothered to stop at his hotdog stand. And his sales started coming down rapidly. The father said to his son, "Son, you were right. We are in the middle of a recession. I am glad you warned me ahead of time."
We often are told that knowledge is power. Not really. Knowledge is information. It is potential power and it becomes power only when it is acted upon.
Learning is a lot like eating. It is not how much you eat that matters, what matters is how much you can digest!
Knowledge is potential power; wisdom is real power.
Education takes many forms; it is not just grades and a degree. It is:
- Cultivating your strength
- Learning self-discipline
- Listening
- Eagerness to learn
Now what's our concern? What morals can we take away from this story???
- Our expectations can create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Many times we confuse intelligence with good judgement.
- A person may have high intelligence but poor judgement.
- Choose your advisers carefully but use your own judgement.
- A person can, and will be, successful with or without formal education if they have the 5 Cs: Character, Commitment, Conviction, Courtesy, Courage
- The tragedy is that there are many walking encyclopedias who are living failures.
Skill is an ability.
Competence is the ability alongwith the willingness
and desire to apply what is learned.
Desire is the attitude that makes a skillful person competent.
Many skillful people are incompetent.
Ability without the right attitude is wasted.
