Which is better Knowledge or Experience?
Its a simple answer really, if you have knowledge it is of no use if you don’t have the experience to know what to apply, how and when.
Its a concept that I have understood but I have had great difficulty explaining it. When I talk publicly and use our full tagline “Because 30 years experience really counts” I get loads of nods of understanding but how do you explain the difference to make it really hit home. Well I have found an easy way, I would like to take the credit because its so blindingly obvious but I can’t.
There’s a key difference between knowledge and experience and it’s best described like this:
The original is from cartoonist Hugh MacLeod who came up with such a brilliant way to express a concept that’s often not that easy to grasp.
The image makes a clear point—that knowledge alone is not useful unless we can make connections between what we know. Whether you use the terms “knowledge” and “experience” to explain the difference or not, the concept itself is sound.
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