Learning Becomes Personal Knowledge

When does what you learn become more than some fact for recital? When does it become part of your personal knowledge and experience? Learning from knowledge is the explanation from others, learning from experience is understanding from personal observation. But at some point this is blended to a personal perspective, where knowledge is applied and interpreted. At this state questioning and pattern recognition are practiced. This independent interpretation and application decision of one's knowledge base represents when this knowledge is personalized and becomes our own. It is the synthesis of unique perspective of common data (knowledge) that formulates a professional (and valuable) opinion.