One of Franklin’s favorite sayings was: “All education is self-education.” Meaning you must develop personal learning habits in your personal and professional life. We should fill our minds with reading and then process what we have been reading and learning.

You need to take charge of your own learning. I like the phrase “learn then teach.” I have found that by sharing what you have been learning, what you have learned becomes more of a part of you, you encapsulate it, you have to understand it enough to explain it to someone else. That makes you learn it ahead of the field.

Yes, you have to think about things. Ruminate. Surmise. Suppose. Reason. Deliberate. Meditate. Contemplate. Then explain!

Dr. Seuss said it this way:
“I’m sure you know the earth is round,
that red and white make pink,
and something else that matters more,
You sure know how to think!”