An Italian gentlemen once said to me, “The ozone is’a good’a. Don’t ask me how it work. It work, eh?”
Truer words couldn’t have been spoken to me. Trusting people smarter than myself has afforded me the significant facts in life without the work of figuring them all out. This is my part “work smarter, not harder” and part “things tend to work out” approach to life, which hasn’t failed me yet.
There are people who answer the questions of the world, and then there are those who know what to ask. I admire the latter most. Hard work and persistence can answer most questions, but recognizing the correct question to ask (as opposed to the thousands that are irrelevant) is truly challenging.
I was somewhere in the middle the day my Italian friend talked ozone. I asked a lot of questions and knew who could give me the right answers. And when I couldn’t get either, I’d fudge my way through it.
This attitude may sound lazy, but with twenty plus years of school under my belt, I can tell you it’s a volume issue. A brain can only process so much information over a period of time. So while my brain is soaking up all the knowledge I've overpaid for, I rely on others to pull me through.
At this point, I know what I know. The ozone is good. Infinite does exist. Half of what I learned in school is actually useful. Once the useful half is cemented in place, I'll consider ways to expand the general knowledge base.
In the meantime, I’ll just ask someone smarter than me.
(a bit from Saving Rudolph)
