Knowledge alone isn't going to get you anywhere if you don't have a pathway to put it into action and get it out to the world. You need both to make good use of your talents and then to "help people" in a way that self-fulfills you and them, if your passion is ignited you can literally move mountains.

It was Ralph Waldo Emerson that said "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Lets place the emphasis here on enthusiasm and the efficient and passionate pursuit of what it is we want to achieve through the use the knowledge we so often painstakingly acquire.

So why do I mention the words "passionate pursuit" in an enthusiastic way?

You see, the power that is often sought after by so many, is impossible to achieve if there is no passion or enthusiasm to begin moving towards a goal. We often learn and learn and learn, quietly saying to ourselves "once I've mastered this subject, then I'll begin putting it into practice," but that day often never comes, and we can end up educated invalids.

On the other hand, there's the person who just takes a tiny bit of information and runs with it, learning more along the way... As the famous shoe brand Nike states "Just Do It". You'll notice that two people who start on a journey toward a goal exactly the same at the beginning, can end up in two very dis-similar outcomes due to the amount of passionate action they put to the knowledge they acquire.

What I'm saying here is, by taking small amounts of knowledge and acting on them is far better than non-action on specialist knowledge. Even if you don't know completely what you're doing, just begin it now as passion and bold action are the movements of a genius. Don't let your limited or extensive knowledge of what it is you "love" to do, go to waste through inaction.

I've known many very intelligent people, quite a number of them from my school days. Straight A's and distinctions they would get in school, then go on to gain PhD's in College for the subjects they chose to study (Quite often medicine or law). But 10 years later, I bump into them and they've either quit, still studying or not practicing their chosen field, but rather working in some sandwich shop somewhere.

WHY?

They chose to do nothing with their knowledge!! Now let's look at the mechanics behind why this would happen. Firstly, it's quite easy to study at college and get good marks, all you need is good study, research and memory skills and the intelligence and gumption to follow it through. The world would be their oyster if they decided to take the skills and knowledge they've learned and "Apply" it to real life.

But... It's often easier to choose not to and rest on their laurels of success from their study, their real smart, and "could" do anything they want. Little do they realize, deep down they are self-sabotaging by not taking action. You see, success could be theirs, it could be yours and it could be mine quite easily, if only we begin to act. But being stagnant and doing nothing is much simpler!

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