Power of Working from the Known

What you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

Job 13:2

When we all know the same thing, who wins? Whoever wins, winners should learn the lessons of winning, and losers should learn the lessons of losing.

In a world where everyone is interested in knowing, and the means of doing so is available (the world is now a global village), each entity must strive to be acquainted with what wins the game. Good training, ability to promote yourself, using the weakness of others or staying long enough under your leader. Whichever is a function of where you have been, where you are and where you set your mind to be in the future.

He who is just growing up should take the time to learn from his elders, and he who has grown up should be careful to learn from a fall. Find what is good for you, and create an environment for growth. It is good to learn from experience, but what if you have none. It is not a matter of not having experience because every journey you have made has at least an experience you can bring to your present endeavour.

We also learn from those ahead of us. As a student, you know the way to learn is by arriving at class early. Don’t you think that can work in your new work environment? When you get to work early before actual time work commences, you have time to settle down, ruminant on what you are doing presently and see how to navigate through the strategies with which to work. You can win an award for punctuality, which should drive you to perform other duties better. In business, you might have the privilege of being a market leader with your early arriving product in the marketplace.

I know you know now. Get what you need presently from what you already have. That’s all. However, introduce a new dimension no matter how little, when it appears the old idea is outdated and could be visible to outsiders. I do not mean old ways of doing things do not work verbatim. Of course, they do. Just be conversant with what others are doing in the outside world and pursue a style that others could adopt just like they do to others – the way to be a leader.

I do not know I could write this long by just starting with the title. So what do I know? I know what others know but would not take the first step. It means to be aware of what you know, put the first step forward, and knowledge can be transformed to power to beat the best. I now know you know what I know now.

As you make efforts to be at your best, you will be operating on the path to staying proactive, relevant and organised.

As you make efforts to operate with what you know, you will be operating on the path of proactiveness. Do share your take and experience in the comment section below.