Knowledge Without Impact
Before we explore the second aspect of personal development in the K.B.L.T. model, let us take a look at some of the reasons that knowledge does not lead to personal development.
Picture two women who have been friends and confidants for many years. One of these women acquires a new love interest. After a couple of months, her friend discovers some things about the new boyfriend that are indicative that he is trouble. She brings the evidence to her friend. But instead of being grateful, her friend severs her relationship with her confidant of many years and is furious with her.
This is one example of one way in which knowledge can fail to produce a positive result. This particular hindrance to personal development is known as dissonance. Dissonance occurs whenever a person's mind is faced with a mental dilemma for which the person can not quickly attain mental compatibility. The old joke that says, "I read so much about the dangers of smoking and drinking that I gave up reading" is one example of dissonance.
Another reason that knowledge does not always lead to development is that a person has an "academic attitude" towards the new information. This person views the new knowledge as either conceptual or philosophical without making any personal mental application.
Sometimes knowledge does not lead to development because the person places a very low priority on the benefits of applying this information. There is an awareness of the benefits which are available but those benefits are not something which this person strongly desires.
Erroneous or destructive knowledge may poison a person's self-development. The story of the jealousy of Othello is one example of knowledge which was both false and destructive.
One reason that knowledge acquired experientially fails to lead to personal development occurs when you fail to hold yourself accountable. All the experience in the world will not produce internal growth unless you have the courage and the resolve to commit yourself to making the changes necessary for personal development.
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In my previous posting, I wrote about the new Reading Assignment feature. Due to some technical difficulties, I have changed the feed for this feature. At present, I must hand code the XML source file for this feed in order to provide a direct link to the suggested articles. The previous feed did not link directly to the articles. (I have edited the link of that posting.)
Because of the format of this twice weekly column, the postings do not lend themselves to providing links within the postings to every article regarding which I might desire to blog. This reading assignment feature is intended to serve as a substitute for blogging about other writer's postings.
Please take the time to either view the current reading assignment list on the CohesiveIntegrity.com website or to subscribe to the web feed for this feature.
knowledge personal development dissonance cognitive dissonance experiential accountable integrity cohesive disconnect
Picture two women who have been friends and confidants for many years. One of these women acquires a new love interest. After a couple of months, her friend discovers some things about the new boyfriend that are indicative that he is trouble. She brings the evidence to her friend. But instead of being grateful, her friend severs her relationship with her confidant of many years and is furious with her.
This is one example of one way in which knowledge can fail to produce a positive result. This particular hindrance to personal development is known as dissonance. Dissonance occurs whenever a person's mind is faced with a mental dilemma for which the person can not quickly attain mental compatibility. The old joke that says, "I read so much about the dangers of smoking and drinking that I gave up reading" is one example of dissonance.
Another reason that knowledge does not always lead to development is that a person has an "academic attitude" towards the new information. This person views the new knowledge as either conceptual or philosophical without making any personal mental application.
Sometimes knowledge does not lead to development because the person places a very low priority on the benefits of applying this information. There is an awareness of the benefits which are available but those benefits are not something which this person strongly desires.
Erroneous or destructive knowledge may poison a person's self-development. The story of the jealousy of Othello is one example of knowledge which was both false and destructive.
One reason that knowledge acquired experientially fails to lead to personal development occurs when you fail to hold yourself accountable. All the experience in the world will not produce internal growth unless you have the courage and the resolve to commit yourself to making the changes necessary for personal development.
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In my previous posting, I wrote about the new Reading Assignment feature. Due to some technical difficulties, I have changed the feed for this feature. At present, I must hand code the XML source file for this feed in order to provide a direct link to the suggested articles. The previous feed did not link directly to the articles. (I have edited the link of that posting.)
Because of the format of this twice weekly column, the postings do not lend themselves to providing links within the postings to every article regarding which I might desire to blog. This reading assignment feature is intended to serve as a substitute for blogging about other writer's postings.
Please take the time to either view the current reading assignment list on the CohesiveIntegrity.com website or to subscribe to the web feed for this feature.
knowledge personal development dissonance cognitive dissonance experiential accountable integrity cohesive disconnect
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