13 Rock-Solid Ways To Build Knowledge For Lifetime

"All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price."

- Juvenal

This post introduces you to simple steps toward managing information and toward rock-solid knowledge. No cheap miracles, just a clear and straight approach based on facts and science. I'm sure you'll find some points obvious, but please do not stop reading if this is the case. This is the shortest path to empowering knowledge:

1. Nurse your hunger for knowledge.

If your motivation for getting knowledge is weak you can stop reading this post. All the other advices will not work for you. Your motivation can't be shallow (passing an exam, showing off, impressing the boss, etc.). You have to find the clear-cut link between knowledge and the value it brings to life.

Do you love science programs? Are you interested in how your computer works? Are you surfing the net looking for news? If the answer to this questions is yes, you are probably on the right track. But if you can spend more than 30 minutes on a totally uncreative and non-intellectual activity (like gossip, adult magazines, unadulterated laziness, etc.), then you may have a motivational problem.

Remember that hunger for knowledge grows as you learn more (the more you know the more you know you don't know). So there is an excellent remedy for poor motivation: learn more and see how it can impact your and others' life. Recent research shows that strong motivation may actually count more than your IQ.