Are you a knowledge junkie?

Image: Path to knowl­edge by fic­tures
Are you a knowl­edge junkie? Take this quizz and find out!!

1. How many ‘self-help’ books do you have in your book­shelf?
a) None
b) 1–3
c) 4–10
d) more than 10

2. How many ‘self-help’ books have you actu­ally read?
a) None
b) One
c) Less than Five
d) More than Five

3. How many Sem­i­nars (non-work related) have you paid to attend in the last 5 years?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Too Many

4. How much was the largest amount of money you’ve paid for those sem­i­nars?
a) $0
b) $200
c) $1,000
d) Too much to name

5. If you were to describe your­self, which of these state­ments would most closely describe you?
a) I love con­nect­ing with peo­ple and find­ing out about our world by inter­act­ing with oth­ers
b) I love becom­ing a bet­ter me, and use a com­bi­na­tion of books,
con­ver­sa­tions over a cup of cof­fee, and sem­i­nars to help me grow
c) I love learn­ing new con­cepts, and spend a sig­nif­i­cant amount of my time read­ing
Blogs, mag­a­zines, lis­ten­ing to edu­ca­tional pro­grams and watch­ing doc­u­men­taries
d) My name is ______, I am ___ years old, and I have a prob­lem: I am a knowl­edge junkie

HOW TO SCORE
Give your­self points for each answer:
1 point for every time you answered (a)
3 points for every time you answere (b)
6 points for every time you answered ©
10 points for every time you answered (d)

INTERPRETING YOUR SCORE
9 or less: You are not a knowl­edge junkie.

You have realised that knowl­edge is one-dimensional (the com­pre­hen­sion of ideas), whilst real­i­sa­tion is much more inter­est­ing and real (it is 3-dimensional, and encom­passes the simul­ta­ne­ous com­pre­hen­sion of the head, the heart, and the phys­i­cal world)

10 to 20 : You are a ‘bal­anced learner’

You are one of those rare indi­vid­u­als that has man­aged to achive the right bal­ance between grow­ing the ‘know-how’ and expe­ri­enc­ing it in your life so that you can truly grow as a per­son. Remem­ber that our lifes are not like scales, where Bal­ance can be achieved and main­tained eas­ily; Our chang­ing envi­ron­ment will con­tinue to throw peb­bles into your plate, and throw you off-balance. Keep up the good work you’ve done so far in achiev­ing a bal­anced perspective

21 or more: You are a knowl­edge junkie

Join a soci­ety. Admit you have a prob­lem. Start living.

‘Nuff said.

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