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Oct 21, 2012
Discover-Research
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Research?
We do not know everything we need in studying, or in our daily life. In this case, we have to look for sources that can give us that information. So, we can search for that in books, newspapers, magazines, memos, reports and nowadays we can search on the internet. Research is a study thoroughly so as to present in a detailed, and an accurate manner. Research is when we look back at what has been discovered in the past. This information can help in further work. Research is really important in understanding any particular subject. There are parts in doing research. Here is a normal way of doing research, and applying it.
Discover-Effort
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Effort?
The definition of the word effort is when we use physical or mental energy to do something. Effort is the force we can use when we want to achieve. If we quit while doing something, due to the smallest failure, means there was no effort in achieving the result. We imagine a lot of things, out of which we achieve a few, because we apply the required effort in doing it. Once, Napoleon Hill said that “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.” It is like following the common quote, “Try and try until you succeed.” If everybody in a country starts giving up doing everything, the whole economy gets to a standstill. If we stop, we will discover nothing. As we start going over older discoveries, a lot of things can be found. For anything to be done with full heartedness, an effort is required, and if there is no effort present in that work, it is almost like an instruction being followed.
The effort of every person is important is important in an organization, as Vince Lombardi said that "The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” Forget all the organizations and businesses and factories, and just think of a family of three. Here is a real organization, because the father earns, wife cooks the food and the child studies so that in the future, he can help his parents when they stop earning. Effort is very important in our life to do anything by ourselves. Once, people believed that humans could fly. This was just a hypothesis, but everyone who could, tried to accomplish it. Finally, the right brothers did it, and with their, some people added their effort, and in today world, there are much bigger planes like Boeing 777, Boeing 747, Airbus A320 and even the latest Airbus A380. Here is a picture of it:
Discover-Visualize
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This is how we can visualize the future of our daily life.
Visualize?
To visualize is to imagine or picture what is going to happen. We know that there is going to be a future. We imagine how our life will be at that time. So, we try to begin solving those problems right now. Today we have a problem of pollution, global warming and the decreasing availability of non-renewable sources of energy like oil and fossil fuels. So, today itself, we can start visualizing that in the future, cars will run on batteries instead of gas, alcohol, diesel or petrol. Here is an example of a battery run car that can travel at 100km/h like an ordinary car. The other is run with solar energy and wind energy.
This is how we can visualize the future of our daily life.
Discover-Outlook
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There was a balloon seller. All he earned was by selling balloons at a fair. He had balloons of various colours, including blue, yellow, green and red. Whenever his sales went down, he would release a helium-filled balloon into the air. When the children saw the balloon go up, they all wanted one. All day, he continued to do so when his sales went down. One day, he felt somebody tugging at his jacket. He turned around and a little boy asked “If you release a black balloon, would that also fly?” Moved by the boy’s concern, the man replied gently, “Son, it is not the colour of the balloon it is what is inside that makes it go up.” Isn’t this the same with our lives? That story just described how we have an outlook on our activities. An example of positive attitude was of David and Goliath. David thought that the giant was not too big to kill, but too big to miss, and just with stones, he did what seemed impossible.
Outlook?
An outlook is a person’s point of view or his/her attitude towards something. When we try to do something, we can either think that it will come out right or wrong. When we think that it will come out right, we are made to think that way throughout the process. Thinking this way is called a positive attitude. Children’s stories can be important for adults in some cases. So, here’s a story that tells that what is inside ourselves is important rather than our colours, as if we are balloons of various colours.
Discover-Challenges
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Challenges?
Discovering anything is not an easy thing. It is not always just following a list of procedures, because before finding something, you do not know how to get there, thus there are challenges on the way. I remembered a quote that said “Life is a journey, not a destination.” That journey of our life is full of things that are yet to be discovered. To achieve something, there is a challenge. As someone said every lock has a key and every question has an answer, every challenge has a solution.
That’s how a challenge is important in discovering. It is not worth discovering anything without struggle. To pass an exam, you have the challenge of studying everything, but if you cheat to pass it, you will feel that you are not worth thr grade you achieved. The biggest challenge of our life is the challenge of our survival, because we do not want to die of hunger or thirst, and neither do we want it to happen to the other people around us. But, everyone can not pass the challenge, so there has to be a winner and a loser.
That’s how a challenge is important in discovering. It is not worth discovering anything without struggle. To pass an exam, you have the challenge of studying everything, but if you cheat to pass it, you will feel that you are not worth thr grade you achieved. The biggest challenge of our life is the challenge of our survival, because we do not want to die of hunger or thirst, and neither do we want it to happen to the other people around us. But, everyone can not pass the challenge, so there has to be a winner and a loser.
Developing countries have the challenge of eliminating poverty and uneducation. Watch this video:
Discover-Self confidence
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Self confidence?
What is it? Self confidence is when you are confident about what you are doing or saying. Before any experiment is made, you need a hypothesis that you think will be proven by what you are going to do. If you are confident that you are right with the hypothesis, at the end you more confident about being right. While doing the experiment, you receive motivation to work as hard as possible, to allow the results to come out right. The opposite of self confidence is doubt. When you have a doubt, you have a question in your mind. When you have a doubt, you can not decide whether the result of the experiment is going to come out right. Now why the hell am I talking about experiments? Am I a scientist? No way!!!
In life, we do not know everything that will happen. Every time we have a question, we go to our seniors, like students go to their teacher when they have a question, so first they have to think about the possible outcomes. Either the teacher will help, or politely say that I can not help you, or why are you disturbing me, or try once more and if you still do not get the answer, come back to me. So, the student gets prepared and goes. Now, he has to hypothesize what the teacher will say, and if she gets ready, I have to be ready for it. Here are most of the questions that come into your mind at these times:
Am I ready?
Can I do it?
Will I be successful?
Am I able to do it?
Am I good enough?
Will I make it?
Am I with self confidence, or am I still in doubt?
How the hell is this important in discovering? Without confidence, we can not decide whether what we have done is right. Other than that, there are other requirements of self confidence, dpending upon the person. So, I found these three categories: informational support, emotional support and mutual reciprocity. These are just a few of them. Here’s a little diagram of it that I made.In life, we do not know everything that will happen. Every time we have a question, we go to our seniors, like students go to their teacher when they have a question, so first they have to think about the possible outcomes. Either the teacher will help, or politely say that I can not help you, or why are you disturbing me, or try once more and if you still do not get the answer, come back to me. So, the student gets prepared and goes. Now, he has to hypothesize what the teacher will say, and if she gets ready, I have to be ready for it. Here are most of the questions that come into your mind at these times:
Am I ready?
Can I do it?
Will I be successful?
Am I able to do it?
Am I good enough?
Will I make it?
Am I with self confidence, or am I still in doubt?
Discover-Ideas
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Ideas?
Whenever there is a question to answer, there are millions to trillions to zillions of perspectives in which it could be answered. We choose only a few of them. But, where do they all come from? The brain gets them for us. Who selects the appropriate ideas? The brain inside our head selects the ideas for us. But, where is the brain?. It is a part of our body, that is just above our eyes.. What else does it do? It controls most of our body. Those ideas have to first get into the brain, processed and only then we
Discover-Discussion
Discussion?
What is it? A discussion is when we share our ideas together. Discussions are very important for discoveries. When we have a discussion, we share our ideas with others. By sharing our ideas, we increase our knowledge. That knowledge can be used to be applied appropriately. We can also mix the ideas. For example when we think of doing something, there are millions, to trillions to zillions of ways to do it, but when we mix them up, we can reach the best way to do it. By discussing our ideas, we can expand the area of our knowledge. By expanding our own knowledge, we can discover new things.
Discussions do not just end when ideas are known. Discussion leads to ideas to coming together in a list. These ideas can be divided into their categories. These ideas can be used later on, for particular conditions, when they are to be used. Ideas come together when there is a discussion. But, ideas are not appropriate in all conditions. Such ideas can be used in the future.
Discover-Introduction
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Have you thought about today versus a few years ago versus a few years before and maybe even the Stone Age. Is anything different? We know a lot of things today. This things are called discoveries. We have found these things by divering them, because we did not know them. But, what is it to dicover? What does it mean? Now, look at yourself for 3 minutes. What do you see? You know a lot of things, compared to the old times. Look at great scientists. Now, you might know how to cook using fire, light a stove, use a washing machine, use a shower, read books, use a computer, draw pictures on paper, how to drive a car, use refrigerators etc. These are discoveries. You know how to talk to people on the other side of the Earth, just with a telephone call. You now know that the Earth is round. What else? Loads of things are known, but they are difficult to list. Try putting those words that begin with the letters of the word "DISCOVER"
DISCUSSION
IDEAS
SELF-CONFIDENCE
CHALLENGES
OUTLOOK
VIEW
ERROR
RESEARCH
So, the word DISCOVER has several meanings. But, what else have DISCOVERIES done to our life? It has changed the past. Before, children used to use physical games as entertainment, and today children play video games. Before used to be scared that if they walked to the end of the Earth, they wouldfall and die, but today we know that the Earth is round. People used to think that it is impossible for people to fly, and roday we fly in aeroplanes. People used to thinks that there These discoveries have also changed our lives. Nowadays, almost everything is different compared to the past times. But, as they say that every coin has two sides, even discoveries have advantages and disadvantages. Like scientists know how to use methane gas to produce energy, but it is also used to pollute. We know that animals will become extinct if we keep killing them. But, we still keep on killing them. So, discoveries have been made before. DISCUSSION
IDEAS
SELF-CONFIDENCE
CHALLENGES
OUTLOOK
VIEW
ERROR
RESEARCH
Oct 20, 2012
Knowledge-Environment
Environment?
What is it? An environment is everything around us. We have our own individual environment. We all depend on our environment, which is why it has its influences on us. What does the environment consist of? Everyone has their own environment, so it can vary from person to person. But, let’s forget these environments for now. Think of the Earth’s environment. It has changed a lot. There are several problems about the environment of the Earth. In today’s world that environment has become a big problem. One of the biggest problems is pollution of several kinds; including air pollution, water pollution etc. Air pollution occurs when harmful gases are released into the air. Why do we produce these gases, if we know that they are harmful? It is because it is very expensive to not to pollute and yet produce the things that are required. For example, when we make electricity, we burn fossil fuels to provide energy to be converted, but it is very expensive to produce electricity in that much quantity with renewable sources like air.
Secondly, there is water pollution which kills fish that we could have eaten, then why do we pollute water? When we use nuclear energy to produce electricity, there is radioactive waste. It is dangerous to keep in the factory, so it has to be disposed off somewhere, like a lake. But the lake has good fish to be eaten, then why pollute it? It is because it is too expensive to dispose off the waste properly. How does this affect the environment? If we stop polluting, everything in the environment will become much better. Land pollution is when we throw rubbish just on ground. This allows harmful chemicals to enter the soil and pollutes it. See these pictures:
What is it? An environment is everything around us. We have our own individual environment. We all depend on our environment, which is why it has its influences on us. What does the environment consist of? Everyone has their own environment, so it can vary from person to person. But, let’s forget these environments for now. Think of the Earth’s environment. It has changed a lot. There are several problems about the environment of the Earth. In today’s world that environment has become a big problem. One of the biggest problems is pollution of several kinds; including air pollution, water pollution etc. Air pollution occurs when harmful gases are released into the air. Why do we produce these gases, if we know that they are harmful? It is because it is very expensive to not to pollute and yet produce the things that are required. For example, when we make electricity, we burn fossil fuels to provide energy to be converted, but it is very expensive to produce electricity in that much quantity with renewable sources like air.
Secondly, there is water pollution which kills fish that we could have eaten, then why do we pollute water? When we use nuclear energy to produce electricity, there is radioactive waste. It is dangerous to keep in the factory, so it has to be disposed off somewhere, like a lake. But the lake has good fish to be eaten, then why pollute it? It is because it is too expensive to dispose off the waste properly. How does this affect the environment? If we stop polluting, everything in the environment will become much better. Land pollution is when we throw rubbish just on ground. This allows harmful chemicals to enter the soil and pollutes it. See these pictures:
Knowledge-Guidelines
Guidelines?
What is it? Guidelines are instructions or steps that have to be followed in certain conditions, such as experimenting. Guidelines are very important for our life too, which we have to decide ourselves. Some people prefer to follow their own rules, which may be better than the normal ones. Sometimes, teachers prefer to judge people as per their guideline, that they think of. Let me tell you a story about guidelines.
An ancient Indian sage was teaching his disciples the art of archery. He put a wooden bird as the target and asked his disciples to aim at the eye of the wooden bird. The first disciple was asked to describe what he saw. He said “I see the trees, the branches, the leaves, the sky, the wooden bird and its eye.” The sage asked the disciple to wait. Then he asked the same question to the second disciple, and he replied “I only see the eye of the bird.” The sage said, “Very good. Now shoot!” The arrow went straight and hit the eye of the wooden bird. So, unless we focus, we can not achieve our goal. It is hard to focus and concentrate, but it is a skill that can be learned.
So, if we follow our guidelines, we can achieve our goals. If we follow our goals, our knowledge can also increase. Biggest part of increasing knowledge is in following the process correctly. Just like this image:
What is it? Guidelines are instructions or steps that have to be followed in certain conditions, such as experimenting. Guidelines are very important for our life too, which we have to decide ourselves. Some people prefer to follow their own rules, which may be better than the normal ones. Sometimes, teachers prefer to judge people as per their guideline, that they think of. Let me tell you a story about guidelines.
An ancient Indian sage was teaching his disciples the art of archery. He put a wooden bird as the target and asked his disciples to aim at the eye of the wooden bird. The first disciple was asked to describe what he saw. He said “I see the trees, the branches, the leaves, the sky, the wooden bird and its eye.” The sage asked the disciple to wait. Then he asked the same question to the second disciple, and he replied “I only see the eye of the bird.” The sage said, “Very good. Now shoot!” The arrow went straight and hit the eye of the wooden bird. So, unless we focus, we can not achieve our goal. It is hard to focus and concentrate, but it is a skill that can be learned.
So, if we follow our guidelines, we can achieve our goals. If we follow our goals, our knowledge can also increase. Biggest part of increasing knowledge is in following the process correctly. Just like this image:
Knowledge-Data
Data?
What is it? Data is also a name for knowledge. But, we do not use it commonly to describe knowledge. But, actually data is processed information or processed knowledge. Processing also means narrowing things to their exact characteristic. Raw data is just results that are jotted down, which needs to be organized. The organized data in a manner, like a table is called processed data. But, what do we use data for? Data is used for analysis, or used as proof for several things, like proving a hypothesis. Data is collected on Earth daily. For example, we note how much rainfall occurs in a week, from which we can prove how much the average rain varies from the rainfall per day.
If you look at the last blog, you will notice that there was a graph of the number of students in the UK in the high-school, since 1967 till 2006. Education means knowledge. So, if we look at how many students are studying compared to the past, and how much knowledge is spreading. Data is used regularly. Thus, data is important to increase our knowledge.
What is it? Data is also a name for knowledge. But, we do not use it commonly to describe knowledge. But, actually data is processed information or processed knowledge. Processing also means narrowing things to their exact characteristic. Raw data is just results that are jotted down, which needs to be organized. The organized data in a manner, like a table is called processed data. But, what do we use data for? Data is used for analysis, or used as proof for several things, like proving a hypothesis. Data is collected on Earth daily. For example, we note how much rainfall occurs in a week, from which we can prove how much the average rain varies from the rainfall per day.
If you look at the last blog, you will notice that there was a graph of the number of students in the UK in the high-school, since 1967 till 2006. Education means knowledge. So, if we look at how many students are studying compared to the past, and how much knowledge is spreading. Data is used regularly. Thus, data is important to increase our knowledge.
Knowledge-Education
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Education?
What is it? Education is another name of knowledge. Everything that we learn is education. Education is very important. But, what can we learn? Everything about ourselves, our friends, our family, our environment, our life etc can be learnt by us everyday, in every hour, every minute, every second and every moment. There are millions of discoveries yet to be discovered, and billions of possibilities of things that can be possible, but not known till now. Education only increases our knowledge. But, what do we do with knowledge? We can use knowledge to improve the quality of our life.
We can use knowledge to increase development in technology. In the past, people used to cook by burning wood. But, today we know that we can use methane gas to cook, so we have the stove. In the past, people used to go to lakes to bath, and today we have showers right in our house. Nowadays, we even get ready made food from the market, so we do not have to make or cook all the time. What else do we know? We know how to use a computer, so we can send emails, even talk, and of course we can save information and stories on it. But, in the past, people used o write on walls. How did all this happen? With discoveries, our education increased, and with that education, we have a well-developed life. Now, let’s just look at education in high school in UK. It has grown a lot since 1967. Can you imagine that? Then look at this graph.
What is it? Education is another name of knowledge. Everything that we learn is education. Education is very important. But, what can we learn? Everything about ourselves, our friends, our family, our environment, our life etc can be learnt by us everyday, in every hour, every minute, every second and every moment. There are millions of discoveries yet to be discovered, and billions of possibilities of things that can be possible, but not known till now. Education only increases our knowledge. But, what do we do with knowledge? We can use knowledge to improve the quality of our life.
We can use knowledge to increase development in technology. In the past, people used to cook by burning wood. But, today we know that we can use methane gas to cook, so we have the stove. In the past, people used to go to lakes to bath, and today we have showers right in our house. Nowadays, we even get ready made food from the market, so we do not have to make or cook all the time. What else do we know? We know how to use a computer, so we can send emails, even talk, and of course we can save information and stories on it. But, in the past, people used o write on walls. How did all this happen? With discoveries, our education increased, and with that education, we have a well-developed life. Now, let’s just look at education in high school in UK. It has grown a lot since 1967. Can you imagine that? Then look at this graph.
Knowledge-Language
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Language?
What is it? A language is means of communication. What are its uses? We use languages in many ways and for many purposes. We write in a language, we speak in a language and we listen to a language. Our daily life includes a language. We work with a language, experiment with language, communicate in a language, read and understand a language etc. We do a lot of things in a day. Most of these require a language. So, most of the things we do are all by the means of a language. We even modify the language, for many purposes like making it simpler to understand or to create a new meaning.
Now, if we leave that aside, just look at how many languages we have on our Earth, that are being used right now. There are millions or billions of languages that can be created and used, but we only know about a few thousand of those. But, with languages we have also separated us humans, into groups that speak only a few particular languages. For example, if you go to Mexico, only Spanish is spoken by the people. So, languages have branches, like some countries like India have several languages that are spoken and used. Now just look at this tree of languages and see how many languages you can find on it.
What is it? A language is means of communication. What are its uses? We use languages in many ways and for many purposes. We write in a language, we speak in a language and we listen to a language. Our daily life includes a language. We work with a language, experiment with language, communicate in a language, read and understand a language etc. We do a lot of things in a day. Most of these require a language. So, most of the things we do are all by the means of a language. We even modify the language, for many purposes like making it simpler to understand or to create a new meaning.
Now, if we leave that aside, just look at how many languages we have on our Earth, that are being used right now. There are millions or billions of languages that can be created and used, but we only know about a few thousand of those. But, with languages we have also separated us humans, into groups that speak only a few particular languages. For example, if you go to Mexico, only Spanish is spoken by the people. So, languages have branches, like some countries like India have several languages that are spoken and used. Now just look at this tree of languages and see how many languages you can find on it.
Knowledge-World
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World?
What is it? The world is usually said to be everything, like the sun, the planets, the stars, the moons, the further galaxies etc. But, what other definition can we give? I though about it a lot, but it took me a week to decide everyone has their own world, or our private planet. Everything about us and everything around is our own world. All our friends, family members, family friends, school, offices, house etc make our own world. Our world is what influences our lives.
If we manage our world properly, our life can reach perfection. So, everyone has their own world where they live, and do what they do normally. But, the biggest part of everybody’s world is parents or guardians that give a shape to us. Without them, there would not be anybody to care for us. If everything is as per our requirements, we can live in our own perfect world, without any problems. But, we can change and shape the world around us as we want. This is just the way Natalie Kocsis said that the world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing. What is the most important part of our world? I think it is friends. So, let me show you a video from YouTube. Even though the music is Indian, I think you will understand the pictures.
What is it? The world is usually said to be everything, like the sun, the planets, the stars, the moons, the further galaxies etc. But, what other definition can we give? I though about it a lot, but it took me a week to decide everyone has their own world, or our private planet. Everything about us and everything around is our own world. All our friends, family members, family friends, school, offices, house etc make our own world. Our world is what influences our lives.
If we manage our world properly, our life can reach perfection. So, everyone has their own world where they live, and do what they do normally. But, the biggest part of everybody’s world is parents or guardians that give a shape to us. Without them, there would not be anybody to care for us. If everything is as per our requirements, we can live in our own perfect world, without any problems. But, we can change and shape the world around us as we want. This is just the way Natalie Kocsis said that the world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing. What is the most important part of our world? I think it is friends. So, let me show you a video from YouTube. Even though the music is Indian, I think you will understand the pictures.
Knowledge-Open-minded
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Open-minded?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Do we keep secrets? Of course we keep secrets in our minds that tend to sometimes haunt us. But, if we let them out, they have no chance of haunting us. So, we need to let our mind open like the butterfly that comes out of its cocoon. But, in the case of a butterfly, if we help it to come out, it does not struggle and dies immediately, whereas if we help our minds to let go the secrets, it becomes healthier. Letting those secrets out without any fear is being open-minded. Other than secrets, we also have ideas that can be very important, which we should leave freely, so that they can be of some use to somebody else.
Open-minded does not only mean to let go our thoughts, but it also means to accept others’ ideas also. If we ignore other peoples’ ideas, our area of thoughts remains limited, due to which we can not improve our knowledge and neither can we expand our thoughts. By accepting others’ ideas, we can advance our understanding about the reality that we exist in and that depends on our willingness to accept new ideas. If we start accepting other peoples’ ideas, we can increase our experience that can be helpful in the future.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Do we keep secrets? Of course we keep secrets in our minds that tend to sometimes haunt us. But, if we let them out, they have no chance of haunting us. So, we need to let our mind open like the butterfly that comes out of its cocoon. But, in the case of a butterfly, if we help it to come out, it does not struggle and dies immediately, whereas if we help our minds to let go the secrets, it becomes healthier. Letting those secrets out without any fear is being open-minded. Other than secrets, we also have ideas that can be very important, which we should leave freely, so that they can be of some use to somebody else.
Open-minded does not only mean to let go our thoughts, but it also means to accept others’ ideas also. If we ignore other peoples’ ideas, our area of thoughts remains limited, due to which we can not improve our knowledge and neither can we expand our thoughts. By accepting others’ ideas, we can advance our understanding about the reality that we exist in and that depends on our willingness to accept new ideas. If we start accepting other peoples’ ideas, we can increase our experience that can be helpful in the future.
Knowledge-Narrowing
Narrowing?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? We know about millions of things, and topics can be very big, so they need to be narrowed, so that we can reach a particular topic. For example: if the Earth is the topic, it could be about the creation, the plates, history, atmosphere, land and water, plants, animals, plants, soil, mountains, hills etc. So, these topics are wide, and there are even subcategories in them. If we just take the smallest part of one of these categories, it will be easier to think about it or discuss about it.
Narrowing becomes very important in our lives, because we can’t focus on all topics all at once, so when we narrow it down, it becomes more focused and easier to share. Thus, narrowing is important in knowledge and that narrowing knowledge is very important, so as to be more focused on the topic.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? We know about millions of things, and topics can be very big, so they need to be narrowed, so that we can reach a particular topic. For example: if the Earth is the topic, it could be about the creation, the plates, history, atmosphere, land and water, plants, animals, plants, soil, mountains, hills etc. So, these topics are wide, and there are even subcategories in them. If we just take the smallest part of one of these categories, it will be easier to think about it or discuss about it.
Narrowing becomes very important in our lives, because we can’t focus on all topics all at once, so when we narrow it down, it becomes more focused and easier to share. Thus, narrowing is important in knowledge and that narrowing knowledge is very important, so as to be more focused on the topic.
Knowledge-Knowing
Knowing?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Knowing is to possess knowledge, information, or understanding of any particular subject. Knowing is very important in life, for example when we go to do an activity, we need to know the steps to achieve it and complete it, without mistakes. What we know clearly is called knowledge. Knowledge can be used positively and negatively. For example, we know that we can use nuclear energy to produce energy, it is cheap, and that it pollutes a lot as well as that it is dangerous, but we still use it.
We know a lot of things. After we know it, we need to know how to use the knowledge. The biggest thing about knowledge is management. Knowledge is also like our power and strength, that we can use to help ourselves and others too, but we prefer to use it to our own benefit. If it goes into wrong hands, like terrorists, it could be worse. Therefore, knowledge is very important to do anything. Knowing is not just for keeping. It has to go through a lot of processes like in this picture:
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Knowing is to possess knowledge, information, or understanding of any particular subject. Knowing is very important in life, for example when we go to do an activity, we need to know the steps to achieve it and complete it, without mistakes. What we know clearly is called knowledge. Knowledge can be used positively and negatively. For example, we know that we can use nuclear energy to produce energy, it is cheap, and that it pollutes a lot as well as that it is dangerous, but we still use it.
We know a lot of things. After we know it, we need to know how to use the knowledge. The biggest thing about knowledge is management. Knowledge is also like our power and strength, that we can use to help ourselves and others too, but we prefer to use it to our own benefit. If it goes into wrong hands, like terrorists, it could be worse. Therefore, knowledge is very important to do anything. Knowing is not just for keeping. It has to go through a lot of processes like in this picture:
Knowledge-Introduction
Knowledge?
Have you thought about today versus a few years ago versus a few years before and maybe even the Stone Age. Is anything different? We are cleverer. This kind of wisdom is called KNOWLEDGE. But, what is knowledge? What does it mean? Now, look at yourself for 3 minutes. What do you see? You know a lot of things, compared to the old times. Now, you might know how to cook using fire, light a stove, use a washing machine, use a shower, read books, use a computer, draw pictures on paper, how to drive a car, use refrigerators etc. You know how to talk to people on the other side of the Earth, just with a telephone call. You now know that the Earth is round. What else? Loads of things are known, but they are difficult to list. Try putting those words that begin with the letters of the word "KNOWLEDGE"
KNOWING
NARROWING
OPEN-MINDED
WORLD
LANGUAGE
EDUCATION
DATA
GUIDELINES
ENVIRONMENT
So, KNOWLEDGE has several meanings. But, what else has KNOWLEDGE done? It has changed the past. Before, children used to use physical games as entertainment, and today children play video games. It has also changed behaviours of human beings, like some children behave like television characters. So, KNOWLEDGE has changed us and the society. The main point is how the objects are used. Nowadays we even know that if an object like the television is used for a while as entertainment or news information, instead of watching and getting addicted to it, it is acceptable. So, even knowledge has its positives and negatives. But, knowledge does not come just from schools and colleges/universities; it comes from communities too, like in this image:
Have you thought about today versus a few years ago versus a few years before and maybe even the Stone Age. Is anything different? We are cleverer. This kind of wisdom is called KNOWLEDGE. But, what is knowledge? What does it mean? Now, look at yourself for 3 minutes. What do you see? You know a lot of things, compared to the old times. Now, you might know how to cook using fire, light a stove, use a washing machine, use a shower, read books, use a computer, draw pictures on paper, how to drive a car, use refrigerators etc. You know how to talk to people on the other side of the Earth, just with a telephone call. You now know that the Earth is round. What else? Loads of things are known, but they are difficult to list. Try putting those words that begin with the letters of the word "KNOWLEDGE"
KNOWING
NARROWING
OPEN-MINDED
WORLD
LANGUAGE
EDUCATION
DATA
GUIDELINES
ENVIRONMENT
So, KNOWLEDGE has several meanings. But, what else has KNOWLEDGE done? It has changed the past. Before, children used to use physical games as entertainment, and today children play video games. It has also changed behaviours of human beings, like some children behave like television characters. So, KNOWLEDGE has changed us and the society. The main point is how the objects are used. Nowadays we even know that if an object like the television is used for a while as entertainment or news information, instead of watching and getting addicted to it, it is acceptable. So, even knowledge has its positives and negatives. But, knowledge does not come just from schools and colleges/universities; it comes from communities too, like in this image:
Oct 19, 2012
Development-Time
Time?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Time is a component of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. Time has been a major subject of religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a non-controversial manner applicable to all fields of study has consistently eluded the greatest scholars. To really look a time, it comes in a lot of units. Time has units like: 1 year, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day, 1 hour, 1 minute and 1 second. These can be further divided into smaller values.
What else is time used for? Time is used to plan a day, to calculate the velocity of an object, the time taken for an object to fall, time to reach a place etc. So, time has several uses. But, with time, measurement of time has developed. Andy Warhol’s line proves that time and change have a connection, as he said “They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Thus, there is a connection between time and development.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Time is a component of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. Time has been a major subject of religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a non-controversial manner applicable to all fields of study has consistently eluded the greatest scholars. To really look a time, it comes in a lot of units. Time has units like: 1 year, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day, 1 hour, 1 minute and 1 second. These can be further divided into smaller values.
What else is time used for? Time is used to plan a day, to calculate the velocity of an object, the time taken for an object to fall, time to reach a place etc. So, time has several uses. But, with time, measurement of time has developed. Andy Warhol’s line proves that time and change have a connection, as he said “They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Thus, there is a connection between time and development.
Development-Noticing
Noticing?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Noticing is when you are just looking around and find something weird. This happens a lot of times. Sometimes, you even make mistakes, but you do not know that they have been done. So, when you are going through it again, you find a mistake. Finding that mistake by chance is noticing. Even in development, do we discover everything clearly? (I mean do we just know it is there?) NO. We find it just by chance. Like gold. When go digging in soil, to find copper, who knows, you might see a shine that might turn out to be gold, copper, iron or even a diamond.
Noticing is not just finding something by chance, but also the act of noting or observing a scene. One such example is experimenting. When we experiment, do we just leave the variable? NO. We have to note the changes and the equipment, to decide whether there are any changes in the things that are to be measures, or the controlled variables are to the correct point or not. So, in all noticing and noting is very important in development and experimenting.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Noticing is when you are just looking around and find something weird. This happens a lot of times. Sometimes, you even make mistakes, but you do not know that they have been done. So, when you are going through it again, you find a mistake. Finding that mistake by chance is noticing. Even in development, do we discover everything clearly? (I mean do we just know it is there?) NO. We find it just by chance. Like gold. When go digging in soil, to find copper, who knows, you might see a shine that might turn out to be gold, copper, iron or even a diamond.
Noticing is not just finding something by chance, but also the act of noting or observing a scene. One such example is experimenting. When we experiment, do we just leave the variable? NO. We have to note the changes and the equipment, to decide whether there are any changes in the things that are to be measures, or the controlled variables are to the correct point or not. So, in all noticing and noting is very important in development and experimenting.
Development-Examples
Examples?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Examples are samples of an occurrence, an object, a person, ideas, experiments etc. We often use examples when we are new to something. For example, if we do not know how to use a computer, then we can see how somebody else is doing and follow. Another example is when we have to do a project’s report, we can use the format in which the sample is written, as the experiment may not be the same. Same is the case with ourselves, for example when we look at how others try to work out of their problems, we can use their ideas. These ideas of “examples” are examples.
But what importance do examples have in development? When we try to develop something, we need something to start with. When we have a starting, we have an example of the problem to be solved. So, we can develop the thing and improve. For example, we know that we want to go to space, so we built a rocket. This shows that examples are essential to develop this world.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Examples are samples of an occurrence, an object, a person, ideas, experiments etc. We often use examples when we are new to something. For example, if we do not know how to use a computer, then we can see how somebody else is doing and follow. Another example is when we have to do a project’s report, we can use the format in which the sample is written, as the experiment may not be the same. Same is the case with ourselves, for example when we look at how others try to work out of their problems, we can use their ideas. These ideas of “examples” are examples.
But what importance do examples have in development? When we try to develop something, we need something to start with. When we have a starting, we have an example of the problem to be solved. So, we can develop the thing and improve. For example, we know that we want to go to space, so we built a rocket. This shows that examples are essential to develop this world.
Development-Method
Method?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? A method is the procedure to accomplish something. A method refers to the plans or procedures followed to accomplish a task or attain a goal. A method implies a detailed, logically ordered plan. A method is decided before doing a task, and there is a method for everything. For example, when you do an experiment, you have to first decide what your hypothesis is, what are the variables and the method of conducting the experiment, as well as how the results are to be taken and written and to be understood.
What is the connection between a method and development? When we try to develop something, we need to first decide how we are going to do it. Before doing that, we need to decide how that development will be beneficial, who will be affected by it, what will be its positive effects, what will be its negative effects and how will it affect the future generations. Secondly, how will the development occur? Deciding these answers and doing the task will lead to development. But, to do that we need to follow this method. Thus, method and development have a close connection.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? A method is the procedure to accomplish something. A method refers to the plans or procedures followed to accomplish a task or attain a goal. A method implies a detailed, logically ordered plan. A method is decided before doing a task, and there is a method for everything. For example, when you do an experiment, you have to first decide what your hypothesis is, what are the variables and the method of conducting the experiment, as well as how the results are to be taken and written and to be understood.
What is the connection between a method and development? When we try to develop something, we need to first decide how we are going to do it. Before doing that, we need to decide how that development will be beneficial, who will be affected by it, what will be its positive effects, what will be its negative effects and how will it affect the future generations. Secondly, how will the development occur? Deciding these answers and doing the task will lead to development. But, to do that we need to follow this method. Thus, method and development have a close connection.
Development-Perfection
Perfection?
What is it? What are its uses? Here do we use it? First, what is development? How is development related to perfection? Development is when we try to make things better. Perfection is the quality of being perfect. Perfection does not only mean that it has to be acceptable, but also the most perfect in the way it is to be used. In today’s world, we try to achieve perfection in everything. Like if you are taking Mathematics exam, and you score 98 out of 100, it is not perfection, so you try again and score 100 out of 100. This is a simple example of how to achieve perfection.
A simpler example of achieving perfection is when we are writing with a pencil, and we make a mistake. To correct it, we have an eraser. Just as somebody said that Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect, we can keep trying to achieve perfection. Like in today’s world, we are trying to reduce pollution. How can we do it? What is the main source of pollution? Cars. So, we can make cars that use renewable energy. With this, we can achieve a point that can be considered closer to perfection. When we try to achieve perfection, there will be development. So, development and perfection go hand in hand.
What is it? What are its uses? Here do we use it? First, what is development? How is development related to perfection? Development is when we try to make things better. Perfection is the quality of being perfect. Perfection does not only mean that it has to be acceptable, but also the most perfect in the way it is to be used. In today’s world, we try to achieve perfection in everything. Like if you are taking Mathematics exam, and you score 98 out of 100, it is not perfection, so you try again and score 100 out of 100. This is a simple example of how to achieve perfection.
A simpler example of achieving perfection is when we are writing with a pencil, and we make a mistake. To correct it, we have an eraser. Just as somebody said that Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect, we can keep trying to achieve perfection. Like in today’s world, we are trying to reduce pollution. How can we do it? What is the main source of pollution? Cars. So, we can make cars that use renewable energy. With this, we can achieve a point that can be considered closer to perfection. When we try to achieve perfection, there will be development. So, development and perfection go hand in hand.
Development-Opportunity
Opportunity?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Opportunity has several meanings, but the main meaning that can be considered is “option.” Sometimes, we have options to choose from, because we can not select all of them at once. If we choose the best option, then we give up the chance of selecting the rest of the options. This kind of chance is called an opportunity cost, because we are paying the second option for the first best option. But, how opportunity can can help in development.
If we get an opportunity to make the world better, it can be very useful for development of our world. Like, for example we can use the natural sources of energy to store and use slowly or use them right now. The cost of saving is more than using it now. Now, the opportunity is most difficult to choose, because saving energy is expensive and using it up will not leave any for the future. Thus, by choosing to save energy, we can help our would in developing. If we choose the best opportunity, the world can be better for everybody.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Opportunity has several meanings, but the main meaning that can be considered is “option.” Sometimes, we have options to choose from, because we can not select all of them at once. If we choose the best option, then we give up the chance of selecting the rest of the options. This kind of chance is called an opportunity cost, because we are paying the second option for the first best option. But, how opportunity can can help in development.
If we get an opportunity to make the world better, it can be very useful for development of our world. Like, for example we can use the natural sources of energy to store and use slowly or use them right now. The cost of saving is more than using it now. Now, the opportunity is most difficult to choose, because saving energy is expensive and using it up will not leave any for the future. Thus, by choosing to save energy, we can help our would in developing. If we choose the best opportunity, the world can be better for everybody.
Development-Links
Links?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? A synonym for a link is “connection.” Links are very important for development. Links are used in development, to share knowledge. When we have more knowledge, there can be more development in the world we live in. If we have links, we can get help from others when we need it. Other than getting help, we can also share our knowledge that we possess, so that a combination of ideas leads to much better ideas and more development on both sides.
With links, we can improve the quality of the Earth we live in. Whenever a discovery is made in a country, it is also passed onto other countries. These links can be very useful. Secondly, do we just discover new things? No, we also try to improve what we have discovered or invented in the past, to make it better and as efficient as possible. Links together make a chain. If we start sharing our ideas, we can form links. Thus, links are an important path to development.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? A synonym for a link is “connection.” Links are very important for development. Links are used in development, to share knowledge. When we have more knowledge, there can be more development in the world we live in. If we have links, we can get help from others when we need it. Other than getting help, we can also share our knowledge that we possess, so that a combination of ideas leads to much better ideas and more development on both sides.
With links, we can improve the quality of the Earth we live in. Whenever a discovery is made in a country, it is also passed onto other countries. These links can be very useful. Secondly, do we just discover new things? No, we also try to improve what we have discovered or invented in the past, to make it better and as efficient as possible. Links together make a chain. If we start sharing our ideas, we can form links. Thus, links are an important path to development.
Development-Exceptions
Exceptions?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? An exception is an example of exclusion. These are conditions when the whole thing has to be kept out. One such example is when you are experimenting. When one of the materials required to do the experiment is not there, it has to be left without finishing. There are several exceptions in life. Some of the common exceptions in life are when troubles come, and when troubles come, we just forget them, and they become an exceptions. There are exceptions in development too. When an experiment is done, and it does not come out right, it has to be left aside until the solution is found to move on to the next step.
Another name for exceptions is “failure.” When an experiment is done for development, it may not be successful every time. These failures are also very important, in further development. Just as it is said that “Failure is the stepping stone to success!” Without failure, we can not improve ourselves neither develop the world we live in. So, exceptions and failures are an important part of our lives.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? An exception is an example of exclusion. These are conditions when the whole thing has to be kept out. One such example is when you are experimenting. When one of the materials required to do the experiment is not there, it has to be left without finishing. There are several exceptions in life. Some of the common exceptions in life are when troubles come, and when troubles come, we just forget them, and they become an exceptions. There are exceptions in development too. When an experiment is done, and it does not come out right, it has to be left aside until the solution is found to move on to the next step.
Another name for exceptions is “failure.” When an experiment is done for development, it may not be successful every time. These failures are also very important, in further development. Just as it is said that “Failure is the stepping stone to success!” Without failure, we can not improve ourselves neither develop the world we live in. So, exceptions and failures are an important part of our lives.
Development-Value
Value?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Value is the importance of something. It is one thing that is around us, like our friends, without whom, our lives would become very difficult, makes them invaluable. If we compare the simplest thing to friendship, it would be completely different, like just a pen is not of much value, because a new pen can be bought easily, but a new friend is hard to find. This is the meaning of value for me. Values are for several things like mathematical, ethics, cultural, personal, law etc.
The examples of values have their own definitions. But, there is a very big value for development. Development is very important, that has made it valuable. Today, can we live without the developments, like television, computers, paper, pens, pencils, erasers, soft beds, sofas etc? The answer would of course be “NO”. This is how the value of development has increased since the past. If we compare the value of development from the Stone Age to today, it would be a clear graph, where the x-axis would be time and the y-axis would be value of development. The graph would be a curve that would be going straight upwards. This is how we can see the value of development.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Value is the importance of something. It is one thing that is around us, like our friends, without whom, our lives would become very difficult, makes them invaluable. If we compare the simplest thing to friendship, it would be completely different, like just a pen is not of much value, because a new pen can be bought easily, but a new friend is hard to find. This is the meaning of value for me. Values are for several things like mathematical, ethics, cultural, personal, law etc.
The examples of values have their own definitions. But, there is a very big value for development. Development is very important, that has made it valuable. Today, can we live without the developments, like television, computers, paper, pens, pencils, erasers, soft beds, sofas etc? The answer would of course be “NO”. This is how the value of development has increased since the past. If we compare the value of development from the Stone Age to today, it would be a clear graph, where the x-axis would be time and the y-axis would be value of development. The graph would be a curve that would be going straight upwards. This is how we can see the value of development.
Development-Experimenting
Experimenting?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? It is a thing that has changed life and helped in development. Without experimenting, we can not prove some things, nor analyse the effects of certain conditions. Experimenting does not only relate to discovering directly by looking, but also with mixing things in every possible ways and noting each and very result that is achieved. Experimenting is like trying new things.
The most important thing in experimenting is to have an idea of the result, after which the experiment can prove it. But, if it does not come out as expected, then the experiment has to be seen again to find mistakes and errors. Thus, experimenting is important in proving ideas. Without experimenting, most things would be believed to be fake, like when it is said that “bread contains starch”, which can be proven by adding iodine to bread, and noted whether it turns blue-black or not.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? It is a thing that has changed life and helped in development. Without experimenting, we can not prove some things, nor analyse the effects of certain conditions. Experimenting does not only relate to discovering directly by looking, but also with mixing things in every possible ways and noting each and very result that is achieved. Experimenting is like trying new things.
The most important thing in experimenting is to have an idea of the result, after which the experiment can prove it. But, if it does not come out as expected, then the experiment has to be seen again to find mistakes and errors. Thus, experimenting is important in proving ideas. Without experimenting, most things would be believed to be fake, like when it is said that “bread contains starch”, which can be proven by adding iodine to bread, and noted whether it turns blue-black or not.
Development-Deligation
Delegation?
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Delegation is when a person working at a job is given the job of only doing a specific job. For example, when there is production line in a factory, a worker is given the job of doing only a specific job, he is delegated the job. This is a very good change in today’s world. In the past, people used to do a product per person, which made production very slow, and the quality of goods was not as good as it is today, and there was not mostly everything was made by hand.
Today, it’s completely different. Today, we just do one job on the production line, and after the job is done, it is passed on the next person. This has rapidly increased the production of good and products. As the cost of materials has decreased, the cost of goods has also decreased simultaneously. This is a very big example of development on Earth and related to humans. As time proceeds, this kind of development will continue to occur and our lives will become better.
What is it? What are its uses? How do we use it? Delegation is when a person working at a job is given the job of only doing a specific job. For example, when there is production line in a factory, a worker is given the job of doing only a specific job, he is delegated the job. This is a very good change in today’s world. In the past, people used to do a product per person, which made production very slow, and the quality of goods was not as good as it is today, and there was not mostly everything was made by hand.
Today, it’s completely different. Today, we just do one job on the production line, and after the job is done, it is passed on the next person. This has rapidly increased the production of good and products. As the cost of materials has decreased, the cost of goods has also decreased simultaneously. This is a very big example of development on Earth and related to humans. As time proceeds, this kind of development will continue to occur and our lives will become better.
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