Applying What You Read
What separates Musk from people who just read books is that he applies the knowledge he acquires.
Musk has stated that he has two basic principles for knowledge acquisition and application:
- the first is that he reviews knowledge in his words as sort of a semantic tree; he encourages people to make sure they understand the fundamental principles.
- the second principle is that it is nearly impossible to remember what you can't connect. The correct function of our brains and acquiring knowledge is not just to store random facts in order to learn. We have to practice putting that information to use.
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