To know and not to do, is the same as not to know.
Sometimes, we take classes on topics we’ve studied before, from people who have taught us before, not so we can learn brand new for the first time—but so we can remember to do at all.
There’s plenty that I “know”—that I’ve heard before.
But there’s very little (comparatively) that I’m actually doing—and even less that I’m actually doing well.
When we assume we know, we don’t give ourselves the chance to be reminded—and when we fail to act (because we forget), we might as well not have known in the first place.
In this way, it’s important to see how “knowing” quickly becomes the crutch that, very counterintuitively, can be precisely what’s holding us back.