Realized

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Thomas Sowell

This quote has its place. Today, I was thinking about reading this book on leadership. I can’t think of the name off the top of my head, but the point is, I was thinking about how this book can only take me so far. Once the book is read and it’s time to take action, that is when the two come together. That is when experience and knowledge transmute into wisdom. Without getting too philosophical, we can’t experience all the knowledge in the world. This requires a couple of things: relying on the greats before us when we need to and infinite amounts of time and space in our human form. We can do the former; the latter, we haven’t quite figured out scientifically yet. What I’m saying is I don’t think it takes a considerable amount of knowledge to realize our limits. However, I do think that it takes practice to find a healthy confidence in your craft and also being secure enough to admit there are aspects of your craft that you don’t know (and may never know).