Knowledge is NOT POWER!

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Most often than sometimes, I hear people say that knowledge is power. With knowledge, you can do great things. Such mindset is total baloney. I don't judge people who say that and I respect what they believe but we actually need to change how we think about knowledge as a power. Suppose I give you a treasure map with vast riches at the final destination. You have the resources, you have the knowledge that you need in order to get the things that you may use in order to traverse the perilous paths ahead and get to the treasure and be rich. But, if you do nothing about it when I give you the map, then it is pointless and useless. Such is the concept of saying that knowledge is power. It's great that you have the knowledge and it will be useful if you are going to use and apply that knowledge. So, we can say that although knowledge is important - it is not power. Application is POWER! You can know everything and anything, but if you don't apply the concept, you won't become more powerful. From our treasure map analogy, all you have is the knowledge about where the vast riches are. But you have to stand up and motivate yourself to follow the map and acquire those riches. Knowledge is just a means to application. If you don't use the knowledge that you gain, you're just taking up valuable space in your brain, so you'd better off forgetting it. Any thoughts? Kudos~