The big lesson from the story of Elisha and the Widow’s Oil is: No matter how badly you wish or pray for something, you must prepare for it to get it – you must have sufficient vessels/capacity to hold it. Your miracle is proportional to your level of readiness
A lot of people want good things to happen to them, yet they aren’t prepared for it.
There is often a great deal of things to learn from books. Books are text-based backups of the intelligence of the author. And, self-help books are one of the richest sources of intelligence – they contain practical and immediately implementable information we can use to upgrade our intelligence.
Trust isn’t as simple as it’s often portrayed. Some people might have good reasons not to trust those around them. It’s even harder to trust when you’ve been betrayed again and again. Any sensible person wouldn’t want to keep getting hurt. Nevertheless, it becomes a problem when you always believe that no one is reliable.
You only continue to do things you think are good because the people around you seem to encourage or accept it. But, if you try to uncover what is objectively good, and applies to all people, at all places, and at all times, you will find yourself in the middle of an age-long ethical dilemma.
Love for learning goes beyond simply acquiring knowledge for practical purposes but involves a deep appreciation for the process of learning itself. That is to say, someone who loves learning, does not only desire or appreciate the knowledge and potential success it unlocks but also appreciates even the struggle that comes with it.
Educational content refers to any type of content that teaches an audience about a particular topic or subject. They may do this by describing, explaining, or giving instructions – mostly to solve a problem or answer a question.
learning updates your internal schema, model, or picture of the concrete or abstract world, which enables you to interact with (or, at least, understand) the world – usually in a new and meaningful way. (lifelong learning is simply doing this for the rest of your life).
In this age of information, we are constantly being bombarded by a constant stream of data and it has become even more imperative to be able to separate fact from fiction, truth from lies, and real information from disinformation and misinformation. You need a tool that will help you do all this. That tool is called Critical Thinking.
I like reading because it stretches my mind, expands my experience vicariously, toughens my psyche, builds my vocabulary, entertains me, educates me, and encourages me.
If “good advice” exist and works all the time, why hasn’t everyone taken them and made their lives a thousand times better?
The reality is, no advice is good or bad in itself but is relative in contrast to different people and situations.
