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Are you a knowledge junkie?

Published: Monday, 02 February 2009

Knowledge junkies are people who love to learn and accrue knowldge.  They’ve read all the books, registered to all the web communities, heard of all the big names, and listened to countless talks.  They are hungry for more knowledge in a certain area, and they can’t learn enough about a topic.  “What’s the correct way to do this?”, ” Who originally thought of that?” or “I want to know that!” - you get the picture.

 

But that doesn’t translate into action.

 

While it’s good to prepare as much as you can before you take something on, you’re never going to know all the facts before you do something.  So be a knowledge junkie - learn as much as you can about everything that you are interested in; yet use that knowledge - take the leap and create!

About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.

I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.

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