Beyond Mere Knowledge: 5 Habits to Cultivate Greater Insight Through Reflective Learning
A More Meaningful and Holistic Approach to Lifelong Learning
We spend all day being bombarded by information. We take in what we can, leave what we can’t, and we keep moving. But as the sheer amount of available information grows, and most of our jobs require us to have more of it, we tend to have less and less time to process it. And when we do have time to process the mounds of information we take in, it’s increasingly unlikely that we’ll process it in any meaningful way.
What we lose is insight — which can be defined in a few ways:
- an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding
- penetrating mental vision or discernment; faculty of seeing into inner character or underlying truth.
- an understanding of relationships that sheds light on or helps solve a problem.
Insight is a few steps above mere knowledge. It’s more than simply knowing the what— it’s knowing the why. It’s more than grasping facts about the surface levels of topics, it’s understanding the significance and meaning of things, the forces at work inside, under, and between. When you have insight, you can see connections…
