SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE

BY NAPOLEON HILL

FROM :- THINK AND GROW RICH.

THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE ONE IS GENERAL, THE OTHER IS SPECIALIZED.

KNOWLEDGE IS POTENTIAL POWER. IT BECOMES POWER ONLY WHEN, AND IF ORGANIZED INTO DEFINITE PLANS OF ACTION AND DIRECTED TO A DEFINITE END.

AN EDUCATED MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY, ONE WHO HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF GENERAL OR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE. AN EDUCATED MAN IS ONE WHO HAS SO DEVELOPED THE FACULTIES OF HIS MIND THAT HE MAY ACQUIRE ANYTHING HE WANTS.

THE ACCUMULATION OF GREAT FORTUNES CALLS FOR POWER AND POWER IS ACQUIRED THROUGH HIGHLY ORGANIZED AND INTELLIGENTLY DIRECTED SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, BUT THAT KNOWLEDGE DOES NOT, NECESSARILY, HAVE TO BE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE MAN WHO ACCUMULATES THE FORTUNE.

THOMAS A. EDISON HAD ONLY THREE MONTHS OF "SCHOOLING" DURING HIS ENTIRE LIFE, HE DID NOT LACK EDUCATION, NEITHER DID HE DIE POOR.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE IS AMONG THE MOST PLENTIFUL, AND THE CHEAPEST FORMS OF SERVICE WHICH MAY BE HAD!

AS KNOWLEDGE IS ACQUIRED IT MUST BE ORGANIZED AND PUT INTO USE, FOR A DEFINITE PURPOSE, THROUGH PRACTICAL PLANS.

SUCCESSFUL MEN IN ALL CALLINGS, NEVER STOP ACQUIRING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO THEIR MAJOR PURPOSE, BUSINESS, OR PROFESSION.

WE EMPHASIZE QUALITIES OF CHARACTER, IN ESSENCE AND PERSONALITY FAR MORE THAN SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.

ONE OF THE STRANGE THINGS ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS IS THAT THEY VALUE ONLY THAT WHICH HAS A PRICE.

THERE IS ONE WEAKNESS IN PEOPLE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY IT IS THE UNIVERSAL WEAKNESS OF LACK OF AMBITION!

ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS I AM TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PHILOSOPHY IS THAT WE RISE TO HIGH POSITIONS OR REMAIN AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE OF CONDITION WE CAN CONTROL IF WE DESIRE TO CONTROL THEM.