Hi Wil! I did enjoy reading this post because it's thought-provoking and inspiring as well. It's like you digged deep into my thoughts —I think we think alike 😄.

Your diagram on levels of understanding makes sense because how can we achieve mastery if we are do not 'understand' ourselves first. It's so easy to have people make decisions for us because we can blame if it goes wrong, lol. People have blamed me in similar situations and I have come to realise giving advice on a one-sided information never pays. We need to know the whole sides.

Taking a step back to assess the situation and do a gut check.

Can our gut be wrong sometimes? I say so because our guts have been influenced by environment, knowledge acquired in the classroom, online data etc. Our gut check may fail leading to mistakes. But that's life, right? We learn from our mistakes.

I have read some of Robert Kiyosaki's books. He's one of the great men of our time!