Get IT RIGHT and you'll PROSPER!

Hey,

It's a beautiful day in CA.

It's cool, and you can actually wear a long
sleeve shirt.

Last week it was HOT, HOT, but for some
strange reason, we cooled down.

Well let's try and figure out what's wrong
or right with you and move on.

When you have learned that 2 + 2 = 4, you
have gained a useful piece of "information." -

When you have learned that 2 apples + 2 apples =
4 apples, but, that 2 apples + 2 oranges = 2 apples
& 2 oranges, or 2 pairs of fruit, or 4 fruits, you
have gained all-important "knowledge."

Information is nice to know.

It lets you answer the questions on tests
or when watching TV game shows). But, until you
learn to use that information in a practical
application, it isn't knowledge.

Any child of 2 or 3 years of age can tell
you that 2 + 2 = 4. They have heard it repeated,
over & over, until they can repeat it themselves.

But, when confronted with 4 apples, they are at a
loss to apply that information.

The same holds true for older students (and even adults)
who can readily tell you that Einstein's Theory of
Relativity can be expressed by the formula, E = M times C squared. -

Until they know what the E, M & C stand for and can
use the formula in a practical application, it is
only information, NOT knowledge.

A fine line exists between information and knowledge.

That fine line is nothing more than "USE." --

You can memorize bits and pieces of information all day,
every day, but, until you actually USE that information,
it is NOT knowledge.

Once used, information becomes knowledge and, thereby, POWER.

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE; whether they be self-employed or
wage-earners, executive or common laborer, are seekers
after knowledge. They absorb information from every direction.

The information they can USE becomes knowledge, while
the information they have no apparent USE for is simply
stored on the chance that someday it may become useful.

UN-SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE, on the other hand, claim to be
seekers of knowledge, but, they believe that knowledge
itself can be imparted. Because the books they read,
the courses they take, and the plans they buy contain
only "information.," they are forever disappointed.

Because it is ONLY INFORMATION (not the "knowledge"
they thought they were going to get), they never use
the information and, thereby, the knowledge they sought
is lost to them forever.

For some reason, no one ever writes me to say "I
used the information from your blog and it didn't work." -

Had they ever used the information, that information
would have turned into knowledge and they could have
reaped the rewards they have coveted for so long.

If there was a way I could "force" those people to
use the information they have, I could literally
GUARANTEE their success. And, in those few cases
over the years where I have been able to shame or
intimidate people into actually using the information
I have provided, those people have achieved successes
they had only dreamed were possible.

The RULES OF SUCCESS used by successful people and
businesses since the beginning of time have never
really changed.

Those rules have been written-down for all to read,
learn and use, but they appear as "information" only
and can only be changed to "knowledge" by use.

If there were a way to "force" every person and every
business to "use" those known and proven rules of success,
there would be NO UN-successful people or businesses in
the world.

Statistically, 90% of small businesses fail, and 90% of
people live a life of sustained mediocrity, simply because
they will not "use" the information available to them.

I don't have all the answers.

But I will be totally honest with you.

No one does.

NO ONE!

In your quest for financial independence you MUST
learn to force yourself to use the information you
have at your disposal. --

No one (but YOU) is going to force you to assume
that responsibility.

Of course, some smart aleck reading this is going
to say, "Yeah Dr. Carney! But, I'm not going to use
any bad information."

Granted, there is bad (counter-productive) information
out there. BUT - there is NO WAY of telling good information
from bad information, UNTIL YOU TRY IT.

Judging the value of information without using it is like
trying to judge the flavor of a pie without ever tasting it.

I have doctors all the time say, "That won't work. I've tried
something like that before. Do you have anything else that will
work?"

If you learn nothing else from life, learn that information
only becomes knowledge when you use it - and - the information
you have used or failed to use in the past is the reason you
are where you are today.

YOU can be your best friend, or your worst enemy.

No one forces you to be what you are, or do what you do (or don't do). -

What you have today is a direct result of what you did yesterday.

What you will have tomorrow will be a direct result of what you
do (or don't do) today.

It's up to you!

NOT ME.

I wish you the best, and keep reading this blog.

Dr. Carney