Know the history?

Knowing the history of anything increases your respect for that thing, if you simply say "India got independence in 1947" People be like "ohhh...that's good" but if you can elaborate it to them, tell them about Jallianwala Bagh, Mahatma Gandhi etc. Then they will understand how important this event was, just like that, knowing the history of your subject will increase its respect and importance in your eyes, what happened in history that leads to the invention of that subject, its Contribution to human society, you will come to know of many great names, who may becomes your mentor