Have you ever had a teacher at the end of a course make the following statement?
"I hope you have learned as much from me as I have learned from you."
Why would a teacher say something like this? Is it just modesty? No. It's because teachers know that having students pushes them to learn more themselves.
Why is this? Because students ask questions. If you are answering questions asked of you by others, it makes you think, and it keeps you sharp. Often, just listening to a different view offered by another makes you more fully understand your own opinions. As you explain yourself to others, you have to go through your own thoughts in greater detail. This not only ends up being beneficial to those you speak to, but to you.
At times, someone may ask you something that you don't know as well. So, in order to answer the question, you do some research. This both makes you learn, and makes you find additional resources to further your own education.
In helping others, you'll also be forced to look ahead. You'll discover other things that you want to learn more about. You'll also start to see trends as to what others want to know, and you'll be able to anticipate their needs. If your goal is to sell information online, this is critical to developing new products that fill a need and will sell.
Other benefits for businessmen or women include building a good reputation, and making contact with potential customers. If you show what you know to those who ask, they often will return and offer to pay for more information or take advantage of your products or services.
Never underestimate the creative power of your own mind. The more you learn on a subject, the more you can open yourself up to new thoughts and ideas on that subject. Especially if pushed by the questions of others, you can develop things further through your own thought.
Stay in touch with those that have helped you, however. I guarantee no one will ever know it all even if they are considered to be an expert by others. Even when you do get called an expert, stay in touch with those you looked up to as experts. You'll talk to them with greater knowledge than before, but you'll still be able to learn from them as you discuss things together.
This concludes our five part series about getting your online education. However, you must realize there is no end to learning. No matter what your level of expertise, there are always more questions to be asked, more answers to be found, and more knowledge to be gained.
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