Yesterday I watch a documentary together with my girlfriend called How the Beatles changed the world. Thank God for Netflix!
As 23 old guy from Slovakia I have to admit, till yesterday I knew the Beatles only as four guys in suits singing the songs which I didn’t like much. Turns out, their story is much more than that. (If you are aware of the Beatles same as me two days ago, I highly recommend to watch the document.)
After the documentary, I started to question my self. How is it possible that I am 23 years old and I had no idea about 99% of things mentioned in that document? They are probably most famous band of all time.
It is fascinating, how little we know. (Seems like you’ve got reminded that more often in the moments, when you think you finally know something.)
This article is not really about the Beatles and their story (even though it is fantastic!). It was to point out how many amazing stories and knowledge we all possess collectively. It just happened that we’ve discovered one of them yesterday.
I do think more and more that knowledge is really deadly weapon when it comes to being successful in life. Add articulation for expressing that knowledge saved in your brain and you probably become unstoppable.
Elon Musk knows how to sent rockets in the space, build Tesla, The Boring company and other project in the same 24 hours a day that all of us has. Jeff Bezos knows how to build the e-commerce empire where you can buy basically anything from anywhere in the world. Surprisingly he has also only 24 hours a day accessible as all of us has.
Yet, most of us whine about lack of time for reading a book or do some regular physical exercise even though we know it would be great for us to do something like that. However, maybe it is not the lack of time which cause disability of performing things which we should or want to do, maybe it is simply lack of knowledge how to execute them all during a day.
So maybe it is not that bad idea to stay curious for the rest of your life. Maybe you will learn something great that empowers you to do all those things which you always wanted to do. You never know what information will change your life forever. It may happen that document about the Beatles can remind you that you truly know nothing therefore you should stay humble and open minded.
Learn things. Learn how to use them. And watch your self changing for the good.
Thanks for reading.