A Viable Need for Solitude
I’m going to connect a couple posts from 2 great writers together about the rising and viable need for solitude in today’s information packed world. Ryan Holiday wrote a post about the need to demand and take time for yourself to have meditative isolation. Glenn recently commented on this particular post, and added this great thought:
“A generation has been produced that is more plugged-in and wired-up than ever before, with access stores of information expanding a rate far faster than we could ever consume, but I fear that these advancements will be meaningless if we can never find the isolation to take it all in and build on what we are learning.” - from Glenn at GlobalizedSo with these two great thoughts from two great writers, I will attempt to add my own spin on this. After reading “The World is Flat“, and realizing the the playing field of the world is flattening, with jobs and business (globalization) and now information, which means that everyone anywhere can be competition. For anybody to achieve great success in today’s world, having the ability to recognize the viable need for solitude is paramount. Its not who has information or knowledge, but what you can do with it, requiring innovation and imagination. You have to take solitude and really think, grasp, and learn the information you consume. Like Glenn greatly put, ” How can we, collectively, continue to prosume when we hardly have the chance to comprehend what we consume?”
To compete and succeed in the ever growing competitive world, you must take time for solitude to effectively learn and cultivate imagination and innovation with whatever information you get your hands on.
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I'm currently a full time student at Sacramento State University, where I'm studying Journalism and Communications. At 2o years old, I frequently face the question of what I want to do in my life. This blog serves as a platform for myself to write and explore about Personal Development, Lifestyle Design, Interpersonal Communication, and anything random that interests me. I enjoy watching basketball and real football (soccer). I'm also a racquetball enthusiast.
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Thanks for the kind words.
Like I have said in the past, this right here — individuals toying with similar topics, then sitting back and watching a third (or fourth or fifth!) person step in and play an active role in synthesizing all those great ideas into newer, better theories — this is my favorite part about blogging.
“Its not who has information or knowledge, but what you can do with it, requiring innovation and imagination”
That is a Money quote. I wrote in in my Moleskine so I’d remember it!
Scott
Awesome quote….thanks Scott.