Sirtitan’s BodyBlog

If you’re in your late 20s or early 30s you can probably remember watching GI Joe as part of your morning cartoon schedule, albeit without the inclusion of the female population.  Each and every episode concluded with various scenarios where youngsters were met with some type of difficult problems to address ranging from issues concerning safety and integrity.  And every lesson ended with the famous line: “And knowing is half the battle!”  But they never did tell you what the other half of the battle is, did they?

Last time around my discussion was about knowledge and confidence, but that was in essence only “half the battle”.  So what’s left after knowledge?  What other factor can possibly deter confidence if you’ve sat down and studied your content knowledge?  Only one word comes to mind: Execution!  Yes execution, that’s it!  You can read books, have someone preach to you about how things are done, but when it comes down to it, you really haven’t completely garnered knowledge until you’ve actually made attempts to execute.  This really applies to anything from school to sports to scoring a date.  You could memorize an entire encyclopedia on said topic, but it doesn’t end there.  The application of the knowledge: execution, will ultimately determine success or failure.  Someone can show you how it’s done, but you won’t completely know until you ultimately do it for yourself.