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Sharing Knowledge With The People You Don’t Know

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 17, 2012

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Making the world a better place and creating new knowledge doesn’t come from sharing knowledge with the people you know.  It comes from sharing knowledge with the people you don’t know.

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The Ever-Changing Knowledge Of Our Collective Humanity

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 31, 2012

Why do we believe in the idea that knowledge is something that we attain and once we attain it – it never changes? It’s this view that limits our collective human understanding when we believe that knowledge is somehow “set in stone”.  It’s more like footprints on a beach.

Yes, as human beings, we can be creatures of habit, we can be territorial and we can be very guarded about our belief systems – even to the point of war. We fear change and things that are different from our own personal viewpoints. As human beings we want “security” and “stability” in our comfort zones, but ironically are willing to fight each other about our knowledge differences to “win” even more territory on the shifting sands of “security” and “stability”. But we never win fighting for this type of “knowledge”.  The waves of change always occur.

We think our own knowledge and the collective knowledge of our own groups, cultures, nations, lifestyles, and religions are the only knowledge to be attained – and once we have this “true” knowledge – it never needs to change. Everyone else can have their own “false” knowledge – but our knowledge is actually the “true” knowledge. But this way of thinking is really only caused by a desire for things to stay the same and seek “security” and “stability” in our own desires to expand our own comfort zones – like footprints in the sand.

This is a false sense of understanding knowledge and a false sense of understanding the evolution of our humanity on this planet. With this type of stagnant thinking we will always be held back from our collective human potential. Everyday, the world is filled with change, and there will always be differences from our own personal viewpoints. This has always been a part of our human history.

Human advancement and understanding have always occurred in our human history when we’ve decided to step beyond our own comfort zones of “security” and “stability” – especially in our understandings of knowledge. When we are open to the knowledge of others and share our own knowledge with human cooperation and not fear, only then will it lead us to greater worldwide security and stability. We will then have attained the knowledge of human understanding. But this knowledge does not stop there.

The process of knowledge is an on-going flow, not containment. Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is the overall flow and ongoing and constant input and development and creation of new knowledge. It is the open process of putting available knowledge into active service to benefit not just one particular group, culture, nation, corporation, organization or religion – but for the greater benefit of all in society.

No experience is ever exactly the same as any other – just as no person is exactly the same as any other. As each moment is different – so is each knowledge moment.  Trying to “attain” knowledge as something unchangeable will lead you on a limiting search. But if you pursue knowledge with an open-mind and expectation of the ongoing process and flow of knowledge you might very well find greater happiness in your life – and a deeper understanding of our ever-changing humanity.

Do we need to be considered “super intelligent” to have knowledge? Do we have to have an academic degree to have knowledge? Do we have to be wealthy to have knowledge? No, we just have it.  Each second, each minute of our lives creates individual knowledge – from personal experiences – waiting to be shared with others – and received from others.  Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to share our individual knowledge, our life experiences; even the parts we think aren’t “worthy”.  We all have opportunities to teach and learn from others – which contribute to making this world a better place.

If we spend all of our energy trying to “attain” unchangeable knowledge we miss out on the daily flow and process of knowledge. It’s like trying to hold back the waves from washing away the footprints on a beach.  When we are open to learning and sharing knowledge with others we have the opportunity to let the diversity of knowledge come into our lives and transform our own knowledge and the ever-changing knowledge of our collective humanity.

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The Growing Social Culture Of Knowledge Sharing & Understanding

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 15, 2012

The growing social culture of knowledge sharing can make the world a better place if we recognize that valuable knowledge can be found in all knowledge connections (regardless of borders, boundaries or beliefs) – if this knowledge contributes to social benefit. By listening to each other with an open-mind and sharing knowledge with a sincere intention for good, we can change the world into a social culture of understanding. It’s by continuing to expand this social culture of  knowledge sharing that we can find global understanding.

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Everyone Has A Knowledge Voice

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 6, 2012

A lack of knowledge will never disappear so long as a lack of sharing knowledge to make the world a better place continues. New knowledge for social benefit is created just as soon as we share knowledge and are open to the knowledge of others for the benefit of everyone.

What new knowledge have you given birth to in your life? What good has sharing knowledge or being open to the knowledge of others brought you in your life? How much social benefit has come from a lack of sharing knowledge or not being open to the knowledge of others in life? Social benefit occurs whenever we share knowledge for good rather than harm with anyone – no matter what walk of life.

I’ve known many people who think they don’t have the “right type” of knowledge or aren’t “smart enough” to contribute to making the world a better place. I’ve even thought it about myself at one point earlier in my life because of the way in which I was raised as a child. My parents frequently called me “stupid” and that little voice sounded in my head for years into early adulthood until I was finally able to find my own voice and believe in my own knowledge value.

Never has this type of thinking about a “lack of knowledge” made anyone feel better about oneself, about life, or about any situation. We all have knowledge to share if we only recognize the value of our own knowledge – no matter how “limited” we think it is. The most important thing is sharing this knowledge for social benefit. As long as we hold on to the attitude that our own knowledge is worthless and cannot possibly make the world a better place, new knowledge to make the world a better place for everyone will never be created. Knowledge when shared creates new knowledge – which can lead to social benefit.

We can all learn something from each and every person on this earth – we just need to be open-minded. The problem is that we continue to dismiss the knowledge of some people without really trying to listen to what this knowledge might teach us about our own knowledge or the knowledge of others – and we miss the opportunities to combine this knowledge to create new knowledge for something better than the “lack of knowledge” each of us may have. A “lack of knowledge” will continue to grow and fester, and will continue to become a destructive force on this earth unless we share knowledge to increase and create new knowledge to make the world a better place.

How can we increase knowledge sharing? Empathy and compassion for others helps – trying to value the knowledge of others and what they have to share with us, no matter how limited, can help us create new knowledge and see the value of knowledge sharing in a new way. Give each person’s knowledge a chance – even if they have been called “stupid” and no one has ever taught them to value their own knowledge. It’s possible they don’t even realize that the act of sharing the knowledge they do have can lead to social benefit.

This is what Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is all about – learning from all sources of knowledge and experiences (no matter how limited or varied) to create positive change and social benefit. KMb gives everyone a voice. From these voices, policy makers or government leaders can be provided with greater knowledge to make decisions for change and social improvements – creating new knowledge to make the world a better place.

Are we going to continue to think that certain individuals have a “lack of knowledge” that leads to harboring thoughts of self-stupidity or are we going to lessen this “lack of knowledge” by giving everyone a knowledge voice by sharing knowledge? Which path would be most beneficial to make the world a better place for everyone?

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It’s Time To Unite With The Power Of Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 26, 2012

Knowledge is not about ruling or conquering anyone. Sharing knowledge for social benefit is about helping one another to live in happiness, not in misery. Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is about making room for everyone’s knowledge if it can make the world a better place.

The world is rich with a diversity of knowledge through personal experiences, but when greed and hate create knowledge that poisons us all, it can lead to misery and even bloodshed. We have developed an ability to share knowledge faster and more efficiently than any other generation in history with digital devices that can contribute to greater knowledge mobilization for greater social benefit – yet selfish or righteous knowledge can leave us cynical and blind to the greater power of knowledge sharing for social benefit.

Without the deeper significance of kindness – and not simply cleverness – in knowledge, selfish and righteous knowledge can lead to violence and a world that is lost. The Internet has brought us closer together as human beings. The very nature of social media is about sharing knowledge and the ability to create a world of knowledge connections that can lead  us to a greater universal understanding in our common humanity.

In this KMbeing blog, it is my sincere hope that my knowledge sharing and mobilization can reach out and touch many people throughout the world who find despair or embarrassment in their own knowledge or the knowledge of their communities when knowledge does not contribute to greater global understanding.  I have been honored and privileged to connect with blog followers in over 55 countries from around the world – and counting.

Some knowledge can make us victims and imprison us in systems of limited beliefs. Through knowledge mobilization, we can combine our diversity of knowledge and experiences from around the world and create new knowledge for universal benefit that can move us away from misery, despair, the bitterness of humanity, and the selfish or righteous knowledge that can hold us back from making the world a better place for everyone.

The progress of knowledge mobilization is the progress of humanity. Selfish or righteous knowledge can be eliminated and knowledge dictators can pass away if we all become knowledge mobilizers for social benefit. Never let knowledge enslave you, but rather let knowledge free you in the power of knowledge sharing to make the world a better place that can bring about better lives for everyone.

We all have the power of knowledge mobilization when we are open to the knowledge of others and open to sharing our knowledge – whether it be limited or extensive. We all have the power to make this world a better place through knowledge mobilization when it is shared for the beauty of social benefit for everyone.

KMb challenges us not to fight but unite for a better world – a world that values knowledge sharing from all walks of life and is open to listening to united human voices of knowledge for benefit and not harm. Knowledge mobilization can bring about a new and more decent world of human understanding that can give us all a chance to work together through knowledge sharing.

It’s time to unite to free the world with the power of knowledge mobilization, and do away with the barriers of selfish or righteous knowledge, and the greed and hate that creates knowledge that poisons us all. It’s time to unite for a world of new knowledge creation that respects the dignity of all our humanity and its diversity of knowledge. It’s time to unite for a world that combines this diversity of knowledge to create new knowledge to make the world a better place for everyone.  It’s time to unite for a  world where knowledge will lead to the progress of all humanity and the happiness of all humanity – where every person is joined in the power of knowledge mobilization.

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Knowledge To Put Things In Perspective Through Social Media

Leave a Comment Posted by on July 26, 2012

In the everyday rhythm of life there will always be good days and bad days. Some days we will feel like our knowledge is making a difference in the world – other days we will often feel like our knowledge is unimportant or ignored – or we may even feel stupid with no knowledge to contribute. Just like the waves of the ocean that ebb and flow – a deep, inner conviction that sharing knowledge every day to make the world a better place will help you weather the storms of insecurities, fears and worries that lash at the feelings that your knowledge is insignificant, and help you recognize that everyone’s knowledge can create change to make the world a better place.

We live in a world where we can connect our individual knowledge and learn from the knowledge of others – thanks to the power of the Internet and social media. Never before in the history of humanity has such tools been so immediate and powerful in communicating so effectively and so vastly. Something like Twitter for example has reshaped the way we can share knowledge and create social benefit and human understanding around the globe on a daily basis. That’s an amazing thing to remember.

Each day, I am reminded of how powerful this can be when I read first-hand tweets about the devastation and war-torn struggles in far-away places from my own, but can connect and communicate with these people through my own and others’ tweets and blogs. I can give them hope for a better future and they can teach me humility and appreciation to count my daily blessings in comparison. I can share my knowledge of the importance of knowledge sharing for social benefit and they can teach me strength in daily conviction to overcome adversity.

For each of us: tomorrow is a promise to no one! Sadly, there always seems to be new reminders of this. No matter where we live on this planet – that applies to all of us. That is something that all of us share. Yet, knowledge is also something that all of us can share to bring change for a better tomorrow.

I once heard someone say there are people who are “ocean personalities” in this world. In their inner depths they are not defeated by the crashing waves that happen to them at the surface, but can teach us through their deep convictions. The towering waves of circumstances cannot reach them when they go deep within to seek the peace that surpasses all understanding. While the surface of life is in turmoil they can find an inner calmness to see them through.  This is not only knowledge to learn from – but wisdom for all of us. This is what Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is all about. When is the last time you stepped back to think about this in your own life? When is the last time you mobilized knowledge in this way?

Is it possible to share individual knowledge to make the world a better place? What a wonderful part of life sharing knowledge is – and what great opportunities we have to do it every day from our everyday personal experiences through the power of social media. It’s always there – it’s just not in the newspaper headlines or newscasts, not on entertainment shows or reality programming.  It’s in our everyday opportunities to connect with each other’s knowledge in each individual life when we take the time to connect online and share knowledge with others from around the globe to make the world a better place for everyone.

Knowledge sharing for social benefit can come only when we see what really matters and what really is not significant in our lives when we compare ourselves and share our knowledge with others from around the world.  Losing a job or a personal possession is quite a personal blow – but when compared to the possibility of losing your life, your home or your security – it really puts things in perspective.

The daily possibilities of sharing our diversity of knowledge in this world are there for each of us – yet we often keep our own personal knowledge locked away, rarely to be communicated with others beside us, let alone, around the world. We let our own circumstances determine how we feel without thinking about the greater tragedies of others who are dealing with far greater difficulties than our own.

The important thing to remember is that knowledge sharing can put these things in perspective, bring greater human understanding and create possibilities of social benefit for everyone. So, get tweeting, get blogging, get sharing knowledge with others around the globe to make the world a better place!

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Everyone’s Knowledge Has A Part To Play

4 Comments Posted by on June 20, 2012

Sharing knowledge to make the world a better place doesn’t mean having to be “super” intelligent, knowing everything, only sharing with certain people – or only sharing to people and not learning from people.  Many of us are beginning to see that sharing knowledge is about making daily, multi-directional connections with all kinds of different people from all walks of life.

It’s easy for us to see that some people are meant to do some things, while others are not.  We all have differing abilities – and we live in a world of diversity. Music comes easy to some people, while others are really good at writing or sports or connecting with people. We all have our talents that hopefully we continue to develop.

There are differing belief systems and cultures. (I recently found a great website and online worksheet for those interested in a closer examination of these differences).  We live on a planet of diversity. Violence comes easy to some people, while others want to make the world a better, safer place for all.  We just have to believe in the ability and value of sharing and combining our diversity of knowledge to create greater understanding and acceptance for all humanity – and everyone’s knowledge has a part to play in this.

However, when it comes to knowledge, some seem to feel a sense of lack or inequality, a sense that they are never quite smart enough to share knowledge that can contribute to making the world a better place – or that their own knowledge has no value.

All knowledge has value if it is used to help and not harm.

We can all contribute to making the world a better place by sharing knowledge and developing deeper understanding and appreciation of the diversity of individuals and knowledge that exists in this world. Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) is all about making those multi-directional knowledge connections with others from a diversity of knowledge sources to combine knowledge to create new knowledge – and put it into active use for social benefit.

Sharing knowledge to make the world a better place means even sharing experiential knowledge from downtrodden lives that have seemed to have been given little chance to be valued as worthwhile. We don’t need to know everything and only learn from certain people.  We can share knowledge quite fully without being “super” intelligent.

When we avoid daily opportunities in our lives to share our own knowledge and create greater understanding in our diversity, we contribute to the knowledge gaps that divide and segregate us on this planet.  That space is what contributes to our fears, misunderstandings and hatred – and it contributes to our global ignorance.  It gives us a place to hide when we feel insecure about the value of our own knowledge – and if we don’t share our diversity of knowledge, we’re missing the chance to play a personal part in making the world a better place.

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Knowledge Beyond Words Or Sounds

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 13, 2012

Every day we gain knowledge about things, people, ideas, insightful experiences – and every day is an opportunity to share that knowledge to make the world a better place. How often do you stop to think about such a daily opportunity?  Every day we can give of ourselves from our own knowledge to contribute to social benefit and greater understanding around the world.

Personally, I’m always happy to share the knowledge of my life if it can help contribute to improving the world we all live in.  Most of the knowledge I share with other people is what I’ve learned about through my own life experiences – good and bad. This type of knowledge is something we can all share.  And it’s not about being able to pass a test or hold a conversation on a certain topic – it’s about taking the time to share my knowledge with the knowledge of others beyond myself to serve the purpose of creating new knowledge for greater benefit for everyone.

I spend much more time these days trying to share knowledge about who I am and my life experiences, and trying to learn from the vast amounts of knowledge from the world around me – the people and things with whom I share this planet.  Since I’ve started trying to find daily opportunities of sharing knowledge about things beyond mere facts and information, life has become much more gratifying, much more interesting, and much more worthwhile.  My sharing knowledge with and from other people has become easier and deeper, because I now come from a place of genuine interest in the well-being of all my fellow human beings through knowledge mobilization (KMb).

This world is full of knowledge to share to make it a better place – but not all knowledge has to be shared in words or sounds – sometimes knowledge comes through observation and empathy for others.  Not all knowledge communication involves language. We live in a world where there are many languages – so many that we cannot understand. But if we can stop and slow ourselves down and pay attention to all that surrounds us right here and right now in each of our little places on this earth, then we can start to learn to understand the messages that we’re all being given about life and life’s meaning by sharing this knowledge beyond ourselves from every place in this world.

Imagine how our lives might be if everyone on this planet took the time to respect and share knowledge with others to make the world a better place. Suppose people everywhere, simultaneously, stopped what they were doing and paid attention for only as long as it took to recognize our shared knowledge as our shared humanity.  Perhaps the sadness, anger, hatred and pain of the world – visible to all while taking a moment to contribute to our common knowledge – would generate greater understanding and create new and deeper knowledge through knowledge mobilization.  What a gift that would be to make the world a better place.

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Individual Flames Of Knowledge

2 Comments Posted by on May 24, 2012

Every person’s knowledge and all moments of sharing knowledge are potential opportunities to make the world a better place.  There is no person’s knowledge and no time when knowledge sharing is more important than if the purpose is for social benefit.  Many people believe that sharing knowledge in professional and academic ways are the only times when knowledge has value. This removes the majority of people from the responsibility for participating in sharing and receiving anyone’s knowledge to make the world a better place to live in. When sharing knowledge contributes to better understanding and improvement of this vast world we live in – no matter with whom or how it is shared – it is valuable.

It’s pretty amazing to think that my knowledge is just as valuable as many of the people who have spent years in academia, becoming “great and intelligent scholars” and being well known for their vast knowledge.  Somehow we start to think that these people have all the knowledge that can save the world, and better opportunities to do so.  But that’s simply not true.  Every person’s knowledge is valuable if it is shared with the intention of contributing to making the world a better place. Yes, there are some people who accumulate vast amounts of knowledge and accomplish knowledge sharing on broader scales than others – but that doesn’t mean that this type of knowledge or knowledge sharing is better than others. To make the world a better place for everyone requires valuing everyone’s knowledge if it is shared with the intention of social benefit.

When we start to see our own knowledge and the potential of knowledge sharing to contribute to social benefit as somehow less than others, it opens the door to our not seeing ourselves as a desirable source of social benefit for others. Everyone, through life experiences, has acquired knowledge – it’s how you use that knowledge and how you share that knowledge that creates value. This includes how we give advice, share our thoughts and opinions, and remain open to the advice, thoughts and opinions of others.  We don’t always have to agree, but sharing this type of knowledge can lead to better understanding for everyone. It’s how we resolve the disagreements through knowledge sharing that leads to new knowledge and understanding.

Often, we tend to adopt the knowledge of those who are “smarter” than us, not trusting ourselves to be a valid source of knowledge.  When we begin to see our own knowledge as valuable if we share it with the intention for social benefit that is inclusive and respectful of all in our common humanity – our knowledge has value. When we begin to see this, we can begin to make the world a better place for everyone.

We tend to think that valuable knowledge only comes from academics or scientists, and that we ourselves don’t have valuable knowledge to share.  By thinking this way, we are excusing ourselves from any responsibility for making the world better. Everyone’s knowledge and the opportunities to share this knowledge are unique opportunities for making the world better.

We live on a small planet in a vast universe.  Through human history we have progressed forward in recognizing our common humanity – but we have also faltered in fighting each other. When we begin to see the value of each person’s knowledge and all moments of sharing knowledge as potential opportunities to make the world a better place, we continue to progress, not falter.  We all have a place on this earth – we all have knowledge to share; but what is most important is how we use this knowledge that creates value.

Accept this reality about your own knowledge – that your knowledge has value if you use it for social benefit. You are a unique human being who has a place on this earth that no one else can fill. Acknowledge that you have knowledge to share as others do with you. This type of knowledge sharing will form the foundation of a happier, peaceful and satisfying humanity for everyone. Then, as you accept and respect your own knowledge, your own knowledge will be like a flame igniting the flame of others.  Like lighting another person’s candle, your own knowledge is not diminished when it shared, but will shine outward and connect with all the knowledge of others to accept and respect all the knowledge of your fellow human beings.

 

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The Bigger Picture Of Knowledge Connections

Leave a Comment Posted by on May 17, 2012

Each day is an opportunity to share all the knowledge that you can to make the world a better place.  You don’t need to over think it – or to push knowledge on other people by trying to share the most “intelligent” or “academic” parts of knowledge. Sharing life experiences as knowledge and being open to the life experiences of others as knowledge with the purpose of making the world a better place for everyone is all it takes. Don’t try to be an intellectual.  It’s not so much the number of the things you know but the sharing of knowledge from life experiences to create better understanding and empathy with others that counts if it can contribute to social benefit. Knowledge sharing for this purpose makes a single life a success. With enough people sharing knowledge for this purpose, you have a successful community, country, continent – and planet.

I’ve always been the type of person who likes to see things as smaller pieces of a bigger picture.  For any great accomplishment, many smaller pieces had to be finished in order to create the bigger goal.  There’s a great saying that a long journey is made up of many footsteps. When I keep this in mind, I’m not too hard on myself for not knowing everything – rather, I’m happy to share the knowledge I have with those I meet -  or listen to the knowledge that others have to share with me if I know it might make things better for life in general. Every knowledge connection we make in our lives can have an outward ripple effect to connect with all the knowledge shared on this planet. One never knows the knowledge shared with one person that can be combined with the knowledge of other people to create greater knowledge for everyone – all from the knowledge of one person. And that one person can always be you.

Everyone has life experiences. Everyone has knowledge to share. Do you choose to share it for benefit or harm?

Sometimes I have great knowledge connections with others when I am open to learn something new – or help someone else deal more effectively with a situation based on my own life experience. After all, one day each of us is going to die, and I’m pretty sure that when that happens, I’m not going to regret not having spent more time doing physical work over making knowledge connections. When that time comes, I’m going to be more grateful for having spent more time with loved ones, learning about the lives of others and the world around me, and for having done my best to share knowledge to make the world a better place from the place I live in this world.  I’ll be glad for the time I’ve spent interacting and learning from other people, and not necessarily for the time I’ve spent getting things done. It’s not about the amount of knowledge – it’s about the knowledge connections.

 

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