I noticed that people who write in blogs are usually people who also read and therefore people who are curious about things.

In my case it is true. Also, as a lecturer, I am a learner. I would even call myself a compulsive learner. As an example, for my summer holidays I’ve put aside 31 books to read. Out of those 31, only one is a novel, the rest is non fiction.

Besides the book, I also have about 3 courses in queue, waiting for my full attention.

However, the fact that you’re always learning comes at a cost (and that’s not only the monetary cost I am considering). The cost of endlessly learning is that you end up endlessly not doing.

Now this might not be true in all cases, but I know it is common for people who read and learn consistently.

When you start learning about a specific topic, you realize how much you still don’t know about it. And this is where trouble starts.

One interesting article takes you to a book, and a book to another book and after the 13th book you discover a free course, then a paid short course, then a workshop, then a certification, and then something else that always comes along.

I’ve known way too many people who are stuck in a pattern of “never enough”, and they get afraid of taking action after they learn something new.

Of course there is always something else to be learned, but the key is to start doing and applying the knowledge that you have just acquired.

In order to stop this pattern of continuously learning, to never use it, think that the best tune to practice what you have learned is right away, while it’s still fresh in your mind and while you’re still excited about it.

Therefore, whenever you learn something from a piece of information, no matter how small it is (even an article or blog post), extract one thing that you are ready to apply or try, and then just do it.

Do not open a new book or go to a new source of information without doing something about the previous one, no matter how small the action you’re taking. That way you get in the habit of doing as much as learning.

There’s something that is called just-in-time learning. The very basic explanation of the “just-in-time” concept is used in manufacturing, to name the process of buying or using resources as you need them instead of stocking them up.

You can apply this principle here too. Think that all the resources that you are using to learn about a topic will be available as you need them later on, removing the need to soak them all in at once before moving a finger. Also, as you use the information you acquire little by little, you might detect different holes in your knowledge and that way you’ll be able to better adapt your learning to the situations you will see yourself immersed into.

To sum up, keep learning, but with every little thing that you learn, make a decision to take action about it. Put it in practice, apply it and then continue from there as you start needing additional info.