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Known and Unknown?
By Singapore Man of Leisure  •  October 23, 2011
1. I know what I know – now that’s easy! 2. I know what I don’t know – it’s more a simple matter of whether I want to spend effort to remedy the situation. For eg: I don’t know calculus, but I have no desire or have any incentive to learn it. 
I don’t know Japanese, but I have a big incentive to learn it! I have a thing for porcelain white (SKII?) “cherry blossoms” in pretty pretty kimonos – so kawaii!
3. I don’t know what I know – OK, this is a bit tricky; but it’s still easy to remedy.
Remedy: Expose myself to new experiences! Try new things. Meet new people. (Hey! You married men; it’s not an excuse to have mistresses! Zip up!)
Sometimes I give myself pleasant surprises on the “hidden” talents or skills that I never knew I had in me. 
Like after too many meaningless business meetings, I can “space out” with my eyes open. And if someone asked me a question, I will I arrow my other sleeping colleague: “That’s interesting… What do you think Peter?” LOL!
4. I don’t know what I don’t know – now here’s a killer. Talk about blind-spot!
More often than not, it’s frequently after the fact that I figure out what I don’t know what I don’t know. Huh?
For eg: I thought I can market time the market by reading charts. After being kicked around and suffering multiple whiplashes, now I realize that I didn’t know that I have no clue about charting and market timing!!!
I thought I knew, but I didn’t know that actually I don’t know what I don’t know. Say what?  
I pray some enlighten souls out there can help me out. How do you overcome this I don’t know what I don’t know in advance?
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