"Experience is Knowledge and Knowledge is Power"

One of my favorite movies is “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”  The synergy between these two actors is fabulous and what we can learn from them is priceless. During one exciting scene, Butch and the Kid are facing 10 men who have been chasing them for days. The two are holed up on top of a mountain of rock with only two options in which to survive. One, they can stand their ground and shoot it out with the armed men who have been on their heels and hope to be victorious, or two they can jump into the raging river several hundred feet below. Butch sheepishly admits to Sundance he has never shot anyone and jumping is their best option. The Kid doesn’t want to consider this alternative because he admits he can’t swim. After a good laugh at the expense of his partner, Butch makes a profound statement, “the fall is probably going to kill us.” Like these two actors, we occasionally find the decisions we make in life can make or break us. In the case of Butch and Sundance, it could kill them.

 

Experience is something that doesn't just show up one day, one needs to learn and grow into experience. It is gained by doing, doing, and then doing again. Once we have it then we are better able to understand where we need to go or not go to be successful in life. Knowledge is what we gain from experience. A small child quickly learns not to touch a hot stove once they have been burned. Strive to gain the necessary knowledge from the experience learned process. Reading and asking questions affords us that needed information, however staying quiet and listening affords us the ability to learn from others.

 

Why is knowledge power? Once before a keynote speech the speaker was showing signs of nervousness and someone asked why he was so jittery. He commented he was afraid he would not remember what he was going to say. The spectator made this one statement, “no one knows what you are going to say but you, stay calm and have a good time.” When you have knowledge you are able to plan your own route to success. No one can take away the knowledge or experience you possess. Use your knowledge wisely and you will be in control of your life, career, and destiny at all times.

 

 

 

Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                       Dale Carnegie