Magic Brain Juice

They say that knowledge is power.

But you know as well as I do that knowledge by itself is as useless as an unread book in an unknown library.

As Mark Twain famously said, “What’s the difference between somebody who can’t read, and somebody who doesn’t read? Nothing.”

Meaning if you have knowledge and don’t use it, there’s no difference between you and somebody who doesn’t have any knowledge.

Don’t Be Scared!

I remember once I was in grade school. I was in love with my teacher. We were doing some kind of Sudoku puzzle, she had us “race” to see who could solve the puzzle first. I finished before anybody else, but I was too scared to stand up.

What if I was wrong? What if my teacher (my crush) rejected me in front of everybody. I had knowledge, but I was afraid to use it.

My buddy stood up, and received MASSIVE praise from my teacher. All I could think was, “That should have been me!”

Wisdom From Sages

As Led Zeppelin famously said, “Nobody’s Fault But Mine.”

It’s one to have knowledge. It’s something else entirely to actually put it to use.

But even then you’re at a disadvantage. Having knowledge and putting it to use is NOTHING compared to somebody who knows how to CREATE knowledge.

Sure, it’s one thing to read a recipe off the internet, make some cookies, and impress your friends.

It’s something else completely to whip up a new recipe from scratch, based ONLY on your imagination and experience.

The Stumble Upon Theory

When you get down to it, this is where ALL Knowledge comes from. Everything that we “know” is true, every bit of science, every law of chemistry, was once completely unknown.

Then once upon a time, some clueless but adventurous person said, “Hmm, what happens if I try this?”

And BAM!

Instant knowledge.

Most people don’t have any knowledge. They are content to live passively and let others do all the heavy thinking.

A few people have knowledge, and like to second guess, and armchair quarterback.

An even smaller group knows a thing or two, and consistently puts that stuff to use.

Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

But a very tiny minority are the REAL HEROES. They create knowledge. They take risks, see what happens, and reformulate their beliefs and ideas based on their experience.

Their lives are an ever present journey forward into the unknown, where everybody else on Earth simply follows them.

If you want to be a creator, a explorer of ideas, not just a follower, check this out: