THE REALITY
In life and in physics, everything works in a series of steps (a causal chain).
A --> B --> C --> Result
THE DISCONNECT
Some people make C the objective and forgot that the purpose of what one is doing is always about some result (physical or emotional).
They buy into an objective of "stay informed", but they forget to ask "about what?" and "for what purpose?" Will this advance my life or give me a benefit or will I just know more useless facts?
THE EFFECT
People who are full of useless or unused facts live far inferior lives compared to the "value mindset" people. The latter gain value from what they do. The random learner just wanders about in life, seldom gaining value.
GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL UP
"Yeh. I could get a benefit out of learning this. So, I'll do it. Eventually, I'll use it." (Though mostly they simply lose it, somewhere, forget most of it, so they are just fooling themselves, by not thinking the thing out, to the result AND to how big the positive impact will be. "Learning something" is not really a result, per se - so the successful don't just "learn something".)
The very successful only focus on learning what will be harvested very soon (or has a huge payoff) and they realize that there is a diminished value from learning what is delayed or learning all over the place. The successful stick to a few things and the learning coalesces into an integrated whole that one cannot get from occasional pieces over time - and they achieve a lot more mastery (and confidence and peace of mind) in life.
So, the focused learner ends up with better learning AND they get results much sooner - and in a few years they are vastly further along in life than those who don't insist on high value and also on results.
THE RULE: Only work on learning one or two things at a time, to effective completion.
AND pass by all the temptations and the "for later"s.
THE BENEFIT: Massively greater effectiveness in life!
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