Why knowledge is not the only thing for success?

According to trans4mind (1998), knowledge is having some kind of information. but having only the information  is similar to, as if a person  know what are the steps to swim but he cant swim. therefore its  impractical. And what will be the use only having the knowledge but fail to get use from it :(

wheel of opportunity

who gets the opportunity?

• who have self confident
• commitment
• leadership
• risk taking ability
• Managing time

According to Rehan (2012), the above can be defined as the wheel of opportunity. Here an opportunity is available in the top level since there is only one opportunity there comes a competition among the 2nd level employees and the person with more confident, commitment, leadership qualities, risk taking ability will grab the opportunity immediately. 

All the above mentioned confident, commitment, leadership qualities etc will not be applied for every person in the same level, even though they are equally knowledgeable. so here the skills are more important become success.

Class activity

What is your skill?

Think about something you do well, a difficulty you overcame, or a personal achievement, no matter how small.  Write down all the elements that go into something you have done well

This might be one of my personal achievement. while i was schooling i was not so interested in participating in speech competitions because my idea was that I was week in presenting speeches. but then I got an opportunity to participate in HNB speech competitions which was held island wise. there I was able to be the district 1st in 2008 and also been able to be the 1st in the same competition since 2011.

1. What did you do to create the conditions that led to success?

• I believe the saying " practice make you perfect". even though I was not perfect I was able to become success due to practice. and also i believe that if you achieve something in a field where you was not interested before definitely you will be interested after you become success ones.

2. Which skills, attitudes, and Qualities did you exhibit? did you practice?

• after practice I was confident on what am I going to present. True that I always committed myself more on practicing when competitions were near by than my school work. 

3. Did you arge yourself on a particular way?

•  I used my time to practice speeches while I had nothing to do. 

4.Did you find people to help? or did you just believed you can do it?

• when it comes to the preparation of the speech yes i got help from my parents, but thereafter I strictly believed that I can do it well which made me success always.