Perhaps, my definitions on these four words are not as defined in standard dictionary. Let me define them in my own way:
1. Knowledge: The idea, the thought, the concept, the framework, the plan or the process of an incident or event, which are understood and remembered in a person's mind.
2. Vision: Knowledge which not only fills a person's mind, but has the potential to govern, control, and guide a person's actions and daily living, due to his/her subjective realization, comprehension, and genuine appreciation of the importance and necessity of the knowledge to be practically carried out.
3. Practicality: The availability, possibility and attainability of the application of a person's vision in his/her living and living, actions and decisions.
4. Experience: The process of application or the past application of a person's vision practically in his/her living, decision, and actions.
Human life is a process of learning. In different stage of human life, we learn different things in different stages.
The first stage of learning is always to acquire knowledge. Since young, when parents taught us, "Child, you have to be hardworking.", hardworking being good has become a knowledge to us. We understand that, and we remember that. In other words, if one were to ask us: which one is good, hardworking or slothful? We can answer that, hardworking is good. This is knowledge. This is the first stage.
Nonetheless, we might still not see the importance, the necessity of being hardworking by that time. It is when we see that hardworking is important, without which we can't success, without which we can't be proper person, being hardworking becomes our vision. If a person does not have hardworking being important as a vision, he/she only knows how important being hardworking is, yet, he/she may not be hardworking at all. Being hardworking is a mere knowledge to him/her, but not a vision governing that person.
After having subjective realization that hardworking is necessary, one may want to carry out what he/she sees. Following this is another issue: how can we carry out our vision? Can our vision be possibly realized? If not, then it is not practical. In order to materialize our vision, we must have a way to carry it out; it has to be practical. Personally, I meet some students before. They said that they are regret that they were slothful for years. Now, they want to be diligent. However, it seems that they have no way to do so. How to be diligent? How to be hardworking in studies? Yes, we need to be hardworking, we need to spend time, but, to do what? Hence, to carry out seen vision, proper and appropriate ways need to be planned, so that the vision is not a mere castle built in the air.
Finally, after we have some practical ways, we go for it as we plan. Then, the vision becomes our experience. This is the final stage of learning. Not only we know that diligence is good, we believe in it; not only we believe in it, we are governed by it; not only we are governed by it, we have practical ways to live it out. As we live it out, we becomes a person who is diligent. We are not only talking about diligence; we are not only thinking about being diligence, but we have become a person who is diligent.
This concept not only applies to moral lessons, but also to academic learnings.
Since kindergarden, the children are taught some simple alphabets, simple mathematics, and some simple way of walking, talking etc. Next, these children are then trained to remember more words, phrases, science facts, locations of countries etc. when they are in primary school. After that, in secondary school, the teenagers are exposed to more formulas, more mathematical concepts, more historical facts, and so forth. Furthermore, in colleges and university, students are trained to learn deeper things of what they have learned before.
Notice that all of these, are just the first stage of learning. If the students were to follow this kind of education system 100%, they are only equipped with bunch of knowledge in their head, yet they do not know what they know, and do not know how to use what they know. This is the failure of students, as well as the failure of education system. The society never needs walking dictionaries nor encyclopedias; the society needs someone who know what they know, what is the importance of what they know, and the usefulness of what they know. In other words, the society is looking for someone, not only with knowledge, but knowledge plus vision.
Nonetheless, vision alone is still inadequate. Imagine there is someone, who is so knowledgeable, and he knows so well about the applications of the knowledge he has. When you hire him to work for you, he can creatively tell you so many new ideas based on what he knows. In a sense, he is better than the previous type of students, yet, imagine, what if he can only tell you the ideas, but he has no way to carry it out? Action always speaks louder than words. It is still pointless, if someone can think of high plans, high vision, yet the points are unattainable. This deals with the issue of practicality. To bring in a desirable result, we not only need motivating words, nice plans, fantastic ideas, but we also need a concrete way to work out those words, plans and ideas. Hence, vision plus practicality is vital.
Finally, once the knowledge, having been constituted in a person's being as vision, is practically carried out in a concrete way, then it becomes an experience of a person. It is obvious to have someone experienced and without experienced differentiated. Firstly, an experienced one can handle that particular task more quickly and efficiently. Second, an experienced one is able to identify the common mistakes and potential risk of a task clearer. Third, an experienced one usually has higher confidence, and is able to guide the amateur in the task more efficiently. Experience can uplift the efficiency of one's performance. This is the reason why experience is a predominant factor highly valued in employment than any other factors.
Without knowledge, our vision is always low; without vision, our experience is always limited. In other words, rich experience implies wide knowledge and high vision. Hence, young ones need to learn as much knowledge as possible. After learning, they should not leave them only in their mind, but contemplate over its purpose, its usefulness. Subsequently, they need to practically carry out what they understand and comprehend. Only by this way, the value of a person is others eyes can be highly regarded.
1. Knowledge: The idea, the thought, the concept, the framework, the plan or the process of an incident or event, which are understood and remembered in a person's mind.
2. Vision: Knowledge which not only fills a person's mind, but has the potential to govern, control, and guide a person's actions and daily living, due to his/her subjective realization, comprehension, and genuine appreciation of the importance and necessity of the knowledge to be practically carried out.
3. Practicality: The availability, possibility and attainability of the application of a person's vision in his/her living and living, actions and decisions.
4. Experience: The process of application or the past application of a person's vision practically in his/her living, decision, and actions.
Human life is a process of learning. In different stage of human life, we learn different things in different stages.
The first stage of learning is always to acquire knowledge. Since young, when parents taught us, "Child, you have to be hardworking.", hardworking being good has become a knowledge to us. We understand that, and we remember that. In other words, if one were to ask us: which one is good, hardworking or slothful? We can answer that, hardworking is good. This is knowledge. This is the first stage.
Nonetheless, we might still not see the importance, the necessity of being hardworking by that time. It is when we see that hardworking is important, without which we can't success, without which we can't be proper person, being hardworking becomes our vision. If a person does not have hardworking being important as a vision, he/she only knows how important being hardworking is, yet, he/she may not be hardworking at all. Being hardworking is a mere knowledge to him/her, but not a vision governing that person.
After having subjective realization that hardworking is necessary, one may want to carry out what he/she sees. Following this is another issue: how can we carry out our vision? Can our vision be possibly realized? If not, then it is not practical. In order to materialize our vision, we must have a way to carry it out; it has to be practical. Personally, I meet some students before. They said that they are regret that they were slothful for years. Now, they want to be diligent. However, it seems that they have no way to do so. How to be diligent? How to be hardworking in studies? Yes, we need to be hardworking, we need to spend time, but, to do what? Hence, to carry out seen vision, proper and appropriate ways need to be planned, so that the vision is not a mere castle built in the air.
Finally, after we have some practical ways, we go for it as we plan. Then, the vision becomes our experience. This is the final stage of learning. Not only we know that diligence is good, we believe in it; not only we believe in it, we are governed by it; not only we are governed by it, we have practical ways to live it out. As we live it out, we becomes a person who is diligent. We are not only talking about diligence; we are not only thinking about being diligence, but we have become a person who is diligent.
This concept not only applies to moral lessons, but also to academic learnings.
Since kindergarden, the children are taught some simple alphabets, simple mathematics, and some simple way of walking, talking etc. Next, these children are then trained to remember more words, phrases, science facts, locations of countries etc. when they are in primary school. After that, in secondary school, the teenagers are exposed to more formulas, more mathematical concepts, more historical facts, and so forth. Furthermore, in colleges and university, students are trained to learn deeper things of what they have learned before.
Notice that all of these, are just the first stage of learning. If the students were to follow this kind of education system 100%, they are only equipped with bunch of knowledge in their head, yet they do not know what they know, and do not know how to use what they know. This is the failure of students, as well as the failure of education system. The society never needs walking dictionaries nor encyclopedias; the society needs someone who know what they know, what is the importance of what they know, and the usefulness of what they know. In other words, the society is looking for someone, not only with knowledge, but knowledge plus vision.
Nonetheless, vision alone is still inadequate. Imagine there is someone, who is so knowledgeable, and he knows so well about the applications of the knowledge he has. When you hire him to work for you, he can creatively tell you so many new ideas based on what he knows. In a sense, he is better than the previous type of students, yet, imagine, what if he can only tell you the ideas, but he has no way to carry it out? Action always speaks louder than words. It is still pointless, if someone can think of high plans, high vision, yet the points are unattainable. This deals with the issue of practicality. To bring in a desirable result, we not only need motivating words, nice plans, fantastic ideas, but we also need a concrete way to work out those words, plans and ideas. Hence, vision plus practicality is vital.
Finally, once the knowledge, having been constituted in a person's being as vision, is practically carried out in a concrete way, then it becomes an experience of a person. It is obvious to have someone experienced and without experienced differentiated. Firstly, an experienced one can handle that particular task more quickly and efficiently. Second, an experienced one is able to identify the common mistakes and potential risk of a task clearer. Third, an experienced one usually has higher confidence, and is able to guide the amateur in the task more efficiently. Experience can uplift the efficiency of one's performance. This is the reason why experience is a predominant factor highly valued in employment than any other factors.
Without knowledge, our vision is always low; without vision, our experience is always limited. In other words, rich experience implies wide knowledge and high vision. Hence, young ones need to learn as much knowledge as possible. After learning, they should not leave them only in their mind, but contemplate over its purpose, its usefulness. Subsequently, they need to practically carry out what they understand and comprehend. Only by this way, the value of a person is others eyes can be highly regarded.
