2cato:
After finishing secomdary i learnt how to ground soak and dried corn, cassava, groundnut and rice soak and dry. That was roughly 25 years ago. I threw the knowlegde away and went to the higher institution up to masters level. After working for some years SLS wahala came arround and i decided to practice what i learnt 25 years ago. Low and behold the milling business is so profitable that i am thinking of not going to look for job.

spotit:
this op has little knowledge and plenty ego. everything he knows and the little he has so decidedly chosen to learn, all could be stood on their heads peradventure a war situation arose. I'm sure he doesn't have any control over a sweeping humanitarian crisis/civil strife/emergency

AjanleKoko:


I was thinking more about the 10,000 hour rule.
Rather than developing advanced competencies in their primary field of study, people prefer to expend their energies on becoming Jack-of-all-trades.

Case in point Pep Guardiola, who learnt German in record time, after getting the FC Bayern manager job. Imagine if, after playing soccer, he focused on learning languages rather than developing the competencies that won him 14 titles at Barca. He would have at best become a multi-lingual soccer pundit.

redcliff:


[size=14pt]with this post of yours, its safe to say you are intelligently dumb[/size]

NaLaugh:
The OP has presented a poor delivery of his point.

The key point the OP attempts to deliver is this:

Prioritize your time and resources as it relates to knowledge acquisition.

That is a very valid point.

NaLaugh:
The OP has presented a poor delivery of his point.

The key point the OP attempts to deliver is this:

Prioritize your time and resources as it relates to knowledge acquisition.

That is a very valid point.

Serendipity:



Butterfly thinking itself a bird

Pachunky:
OP I disagree with U, it was the fingering knowledge I gained in primary school that has helped me in f**king p***y this days. No knowledge is a waste.

Aggrippa:

yeah serendipity is correct. in learning the concept of opportunity cost is unconsciously applied. this is why an individual should carefully choose what to learn and master them effectively. one cannot afford to attempt knowing lot of things at once. for example the lawyer or the programmer cannot learn all the aspects of law and programs respectively.

SaintChukz:
@ Op...i think in one full swoop you have succeeded in contrasting your own opinion in the initial post. In the opening line you opined that -no knowledge is wasted appears to you as axiomatic and as arguably sacrosanct, and in your last line statement you then went on to say that it would be stellar to have a "smattering" of many things. Now, with emphasis on the word "smattering", i'm trying hard to figure out how you would have done that if no single amount of time was put into it to gather the little knowledge you termed "smattering". Mind you the knowledge of a thing doesn't have to be acquired in full for you to term it actual knowledge. You also opined that having a particular knowledge of a thing that has no modicum or bearing on what the future tends to hold for you is sheer waste of time because you may never get to use it. I would say you were wrong there in that assertion because, how would you actually get to know what lies ahead of you when you haven't even gotten there? Or do you have a foreseer gift of telling what the future will bring? In my own candid opinion, i would rather opine that no knowledge is actually wasted until it is left unused. It has to be so because you never can tell when that little "survival skill" you garnered at one time or the other would become very handy to you at a critical point in your life, so i would rather not dismiss any knowledge no matter how irrelevant it may seem at a particular time on the premise that it is never going to be useful to me, when i know we all live in a constantly dynamic world. Finally, i think it is best to make myself feel "important" at any particular stage in life rather than feel "impotent" at a near unforeseeable stage in the future.

udemzyudex:
I didn't bother to read the article,i'm only commenting cos of the topic.

I wanted to learn forex trading,so my friend said he knows someone that can teach me,he also said the man will park soon so i should make it quick.

Instead of getting a laptop and moderm first i decided to leave that and go for the training,i paid #30000 to learn it and till date av never practise what i learnt not to talk of making money from it.

I don't think i'll make use of the knowledge again cos i don't gamble,i see it as gambling.

So that knowledge is a waste for me.

ruffhandu:


Now that you know and teaching people it's a gamble, you are already making use of it.
Unless you define "making use of" to mean making millions, no knowledge is a waste to me.

helphelp:


You shouldn't have bothered with this reply.

SaintChukz:
@ Op...i think in one full swoop you have succeeded in contrasting your own opinion in the initial post. In the opening line you opined that -no knowledge is wasted appears to you as axiomatic and as arguably sacrosanct, and in your last line statement you then went on to say that it would be stellar to have a "smattering" of many things. Now, with emphasis on the word "smattering", i'm trying hard to figure out how you would have done that if no single amount of time was put into it to gather the little knowledge you termed "smattering". Mind you the knowledge of a thing doesn't have to be acquired in full for you to term it actual knowledge. You also opined that having a particular knowledge of a thing that has no modicum or bearing on what the future tends to hold for you is sheer waste of time because you may never get to use it. I would say you were wrong there in that assertion because, how would you actually get to know what lies ahead of you when you haven't even gotten there? Or do you have a foreseer gift of telling what the future will bring? In my own candid opinion, i would rather opine that no knowledge is actually wasted until it is left unused. It has to be so because you never can tell when that little "survival skill" you garnered at one time or the other would become very handy to you at a critical point in your life, so i would rather not dismiss any knowledge no matter how irrelevant it may seem at a particular time on the premise that it is never going to be useful to me, when i know we all live in a constantly dynamic world. Finally, i think it is best to make myself feel "important" at any particular stage in life rather than feel "impotent" at a near unforeseeable stage in the future.

Serendipity:

Thank you but I can never learn how to make cakes because the possibility of my using that knowledge is infinitesimal.

udemzyudex:


I didn't say i was teaching people bro,i said i learnt how to trade but till date have not practise what i learnt and don't think i'll ever use it.

I still have the books and indicators,i may give it out someday.