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Fritzie Reisner

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How important is it to you to take action on the basis of what you learn?

Some of us learn almost entirely for the pleasure of it. Others see learning primarily as an investment in career. Others feel compelled to use their learning for a tangible productive purpose beyond achieving understanding and beyond providing commentary from the sidelines on other people's actions (or lack of sensible actions).

How important is it to take action on the basis of what you have learned? Is taking significant action a regular part of your life or more an intention for the future?

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    pat gilbert 50+

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    Jul 27 2012: I wanted to add that it is all about the actions/application until you do this you have nothing. The application is 90% of knowledge. A key test to this can you do it or not? If not there is something that you read that you did not grasp.

    Another thing that I wanted to add to this is that apprenticing is imperative, which is why Germany excels as it does.
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      Jul 28 2012: Yes, the usefulness of various forms of mentoring and apprenticeship is often not recognized. And what you say about use being the test of comprehension is also true.

      I am reminded of hearing from a mother some years back that her daughter understood "the concepts" in her math class but could not use them in application. To my mind if one cannot use concepts, ones level of understanding only skims the surface.
      Still, there is a difference between not knowing how to take action and not choosing to take action.
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        Jul 28 2012: I suppose the answer to that last stamen t would depend on the context? But if you are not going to use it then I guess a perfunctory acquaintance with the subject would be fine. But I wonder if too much time is given to things of no consequence because a teacher gave too much importance to them? There appears to be a pathology to the culture?

        My main point as you know is that only actions and application change anything. Emotions are irrelevant. But interest is imperative but interest is not an emotion interest is focus and interest is the grease of communication which is where ideas are created but that is what leads to application

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