Best way of learning

Somebody asked me oneday, what is the best of learning, well i was lucky to have some friends from college, who were really good at this, the way of learning is not reading book after book, its the way of seeing things differently and questioning yourself at each point. don't take any information on its face value, simply because einstein has told e=mc2, doesn't mean we can take it for granted, you have to go indepth into a problem domain to appreciate the things. be it e=mc2 or any thing in programming for that matter. in the end keep in mind you are as good as you really know you are, and not in the way people think you are !, be ready at all times to accept your shortcomings, there is nothing wrong in accepting your weakness, but the strength lies in willingness to correct yourself and learn. and to conclude, no body can teach you things, they can guide you, you should be your own teacher. i really pity some people walking around assuming they know certain things, infact once you get the feeling that you know something, you are digging your own hole.

I have been leading some projects in last few years and people tell me i am a disaster as a lead, may be when it comes to people management, i am surely am. But i always tried to stop people from making same mistakes, what i did with my life, sooner or later people do realize that :) and appreciate, for others i can only opologize. leave a comment if you think i was wrong !.