Showpiece hanging on the wall : " Unverified " Knowledge
Knowledge unless implemented is just like a showpiece hanging on the wall.
Consider SteemIt, every day we come across many articles but how many of these do we actually follow, partially or fully?
Very few!
A deeper understanding of the concept will only come when we actually implement it. When we share the knowledge without implementing it on ourselves we are just doing "Copy" "Paste".
If we are waiting for the perfect time to implement thing then that time will never come. When you think you are ready, that is the right time.
Acquiring knowledge is a good thing but what we do with that knowledge is important.
Society has been designed in a manner where individuals having more knowledge is rewarded, the kid who scores the highest gets appreciated. Even the selection criterion is based on knowledge, all competitive examinations are designed to select the one having more knowledge.
This conditioning must be changed, very less emphasis is given on the implementation part, but in the real world, implementation is what takes us forward.
And in this 21st century where we have access to every possible knowledge resource of the world, we are spending too much time accumulating knowledge rather than implementing what has been acquired.
When we learn something from a book or elsewhere, that particular piece of information is someone's learning which you are reading, so if you want to check the relevance of it in your context, it has to be implemented. What worked for others may or may not work for you.
Sitting with an "unverified" piece of knowledge is just like holding a gun that may not fire when required the most.